You learned the rules of grammar in school, but now you'd like to refresh and refine your grammar usage for your professional life. You need to articulate your ideas clearly and succinctly in written communications and present yourself in a professional manner. In this course, you will review the rules of grammar, identify common grammar errors, and refine your business writing style.

Delivery Method:

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities

Target Student;

Professionals who seek to improve their grammar usage for written communications.

Objective:

You will identify the elements of correct grammar for use in professional writing.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• examine nouns, pronouns, and verbs.
• identify adjectives and adverbs.
• identify prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
• identify some important rules of grammar and some commonly made grammatical errors.
• identify grammar rules regarding correct punctuation.
• identify problematic sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, as well as effective methods of rewriting sentences so that they are clear and complete.
• identify methods for improving word choices.
• identify methods for building effective sentences.
• identify methods for editing text effectively.
• identify methods for avoiding some common errors made by overzealous writers who create hypercorrections in their own work.