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Grappling with Grammar

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A one-day course

Start date:

17 July 2012
13 November 2012

Price:

£385+VAT

A number of discounts are available

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Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre,

All courses are scheduled to run from 9.30am to 5.00pm at Book House in Wandsworth, Southwest London
(see a map and a list of local hotels)

Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability

"I feel much more confident now in making decisions on grammatical issues."
VOSA delegate

“I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to brush up on their grammar skills and become confident in explaining grammatical problems to others.”
CWR delegate

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Grammar at Work

If you have more than a good grasp of the basics of grammar, Grappling with Grammar will hone your skills, helping you to:

detect and correct poor grammar and punctuation
understand which 'rules' you (or your authors) can break
explain your editorial decisions.

The course provides guidance and practice in specific problem areas and consolidates punctuation skills. This is a second-level course that will require a thorough understanding of the basics of grammar. We also offer Getting into Grammar for those who need a primer on the basics of grammar.

Programme

Verbs, clauses and sentences
That or which? - understanding relative clauses
Verbal nuances - may/might, should/would, shall/will, the subjunctive
The dangling participle and other structural weaknesses
Split infinitives and other bugbears
How to use commas, semicolons, colons and dashes
The apostrophe
How to punctuate quotes
When to hyphenate
Consolidation.

Who will benefit from this course?

Anyone who writes or edits text for internal or external correspondence, in publicity material or in an editorial context. If you need a grasp of current grammatical terms and key concepts, as well as the basic principles of punctuation, we recommend Getting into Grammar.

Your Tutor

After a spell in teaching and education research, Andrew Steeds worked as a publisher in three of the major UK educational publishing companies before going freelance in 1992. He now runs Simply Put, a company that offers writing, project management and consultancy to organisations that want to communicate more effectively with the full range of their readers.

Note that most of our short courses can also be run as in-company events.

Dates: 17 July 2012, 13 November 2012
Duration: A one-day course
Price: £385+VAT
A number of discounts are available

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