Your company's writing reflects your professionalism, intelligence, and expertise to the outside world. Embarrassing grammar blunders like misspellings, misused words, and weak sentence structure can confuse your audience and chip away at their confidence in your business. Even the most advanced writing and editing software programs miss significant grammar errors. In this class, you'll learn how to become your own editor.
This grammar course provides a thorough review of grammar rules. You'll learn how to spot common grammar errors, write effectively for different audiences, and determine the correct form of a word based on its part of speech.
What You Will Learn
- Identify and correct common grammar errors that weaken professional writing
- Choose the correct form of a word to write with clarity and precision
- Adapt your writing style to communicate effectively with different audiences
- Build confidence as your own editor through a thorough review of essential grammar rules
Course Outline
Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs
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Identify Parts of Speech
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Use Nouns
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Use Pronouns
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Use Verbs
Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs
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Use Adjectives
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Use Adverbs
Identifying Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
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Use Prepositions
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Use Conjunctions
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Use Interjections
Identifying Rules
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Monitor Sentence Structure
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Monitor Modifiers
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Avoid Common Errors
Identifying Correct Punctuation
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Use Parentheses Correctly
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Use Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Em Dashes, and Quotation Marks Correctly
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Use Numbers, Symbols, and Capitalization Correctly
Identifying Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
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Identify and Resolve Sentence Fragments
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Identify and Resolve Run-ons and Comma Splices
Improving Word Choices
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Identify Commonly Misused Words
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Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms
Writing Effectively
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Write with Purpose
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Consider the Audience
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Consider the Context
Editing Effectively
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Use Correct Spelling
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Check Your Work
Appendix A: Commonly Misspelled Words
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
