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Advanced Grammar

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Overview

Syllabus

Developing Your Advanced Grammar Skills
  • Developing your advanced grammar skills
1. Verbs
  • Verb tense
  • Irregular verbs
  • Phrasal verbs
2. Other Parts of Speech
  • Conjunction overview
  • Coordinating conjunctions
  • Pronouns
  • Singular "they" and neopronouns
  • Adjectives and adverbs
  • Prepositions
  • Verbs hiding as nouns
3. Correct Word Choice
  • Commonly confused word pairs
  • Misfits that distract readers
4. Punctuation
  • Commas
  • Semicolons
  • Colons
  • Apostrophes
  • Dashes
  • Hyphens
  • Parentheses
  • Quotations
5. Sentence Structure
  • Types of sentences
  • Sentence structure and emphasis
  • Active and passive voice
6. Problems with Sentence Structure
  • Run-on sentences and comma splices
  • Sentence fragments
  • Parallel structure
  • Dangling modifiers
  • Unclear pronoun references
  • Duplicate subjects
  • Incomplete comparisons
  • Sentence sprawl
  • Finishing touches
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Judy Steiner-Williams

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5.0 rating, based on 1 Class Central review

4.7 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 563 ratings

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  • Anonymous
    This is a good, comprehensive course that is an excellent foundation for any professional. Thank you, Judy for sharing it.

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