It is said that if you can’t win an argument, correct their grammar instead. We here in Toastmasters help you in both these aspects – win the argument by being a fabulous speaker and not give the opportunity to your opposition ...
Category: Grammarian
A Grammarian script with dark humor
Some people correct your grammar behind your back. They are cowards looking for some petty humor at your expense. Toastmasters on the other hand are courageous folks – not just because we can stand on a stage, hold a mike and give a talk but ...
A Grammarian script on not being unintentionally funny
It’s good idea to deliver a humorous speech. It sets the tone, warms up the audience and makes them like you – that’s if it’s intentionally done. However, unintentional humor may do more harm ...
A Grammarian script with the perfect reasoning
Every grammatical error you make increases the odds of your audience misunderstanding your message or misdirecting their focus or worse misjudging the intent of your entire speech. That’s three misses in your speech ...
A sober Grammarian script
No amount of good ideas, great presentation or speaker cuteness quotient can compensate for poor grammar in a speech. Grammar is the backbone that infuses life and meaning into all other ...
A short delightful Grammarian script
In the real world, someone constantly correcting your grammar can be a pain in the posterior. In Toastmasters they are a delight. So I chose to delight you today. As the Grammarian for ...
A Grammarian script for the big times
Imagine you had to deliver the most important talk of your life - a TED talk or perhaps a start up pitch to investors or may be raise a Toast to an audience of all your extended family members who have been judging you since your childhood. Would you want to ...
A grammarian script on fiction
A great speech without right grammar is like The Da Vinchi Code – it’s a fiction. The underlying message is that great speeches cannot be punctuated with incorrect grammar. If anything, they can be a lesson on what not to do as a public speaker. Thankfully ...
A Grammarian script with a wonderful example
People are misunderstood all the time – sometimes because of what people hear and other times because of how you say it. What others hear is not under our control but how we say things definitely is. With wrong tongue movements, “I abhor you” could very well sound like “I bore you” but have wildly different ...
A grammarian script with a triad
Good language is the backbone of good communication skills. You may have all the ideas, intentions and inspirations but to communicate them fairly you need good language. In Toastmasters, we work on both these aspects – communication and language. The entire program is about ...