Grappling with Grammar
If you have more than a good grasp of the basics of grammar, Grappling with Grammar will hone your skills.
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.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course you should be able to:
- identify and correct incorrect grammar and punctuation in a piece of text
- understand grammatical rules and know when you can break those rules
- justify the editorial decisions you have made.
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.
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.
Note that most of our short courses can also be run as in-company events.
- Duration: A one-day course
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