Grappling with Grammar

Dates:

8 October & 7 December 2010; 15 March, 7 June, 27 September & 15 November 2011 (a one-day course)

Price:

£365+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

Note: Our rates will be changing in 2011. If you book before 31/12/2010 you will be charged the 2010 rate.

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)

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

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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.

Grappling with Grammar 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

Getting into Grammar and Grappling with Grammar are run by Andrew Steeds. After a spell in teaching and education research, Andrew 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 their readers.

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

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Dates: 8 October & 7 December 2010; 15 March, 7 June, 27 September & 15 November 2011

Price: £365+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

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