English Grammar for Writers: Be Polished and Professional

English Grammar for Writers: Be Polished and Professional, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.59, with 80 lectures, based on 114 reviews, and has 716 subscribers.

You will learn about Building Blocks: Establish a strong foundation in the basic units of grammar, including parts of speech, rules, and tricky situations. Structuring Sentences: Learn to craft complete, grammatically correct sentences. Advanced Parts of Speech: Dig deeper and master things like tense and proper pronoun usage, and learn to avoid common pitfalls. Advanced Sentence Structure: Learn the techniques and rules to bring your prose to life. Identify common errors and craft compelling solutions that demonstrate your writing prowess. Technical Elements: Master punctuation to avoid amateur mistakes and polish your writing. This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginning Writers or Writer's with Manuscripts that Need Polish or Anyone looking to improve the professionalism of their written communications It is particularly useful for Beginning Writers or Writer's with Manuscripts that Need Polish or Anyone looking to improve the professionalism of their written communications.

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Summary

Title: English Grammar for Writers: Be Polished and Professional

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.59

Number of Lectures: 80

Number of Published Lectures: 80

Number of Curriculum Items: 80

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 80

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Building Blocks: Establish a strong foundation in the basic units of grammar, including parts of speech, rules, and tricky situations.
Structuring Sentences: Learn to craft complete, grammatically correct sentences.
Advanced Parts of Speech: Dig deeper and master things like tense and proper pronoun usage, and learn to avoid common pitfalls.
Advanced Sentence Structure: Learn the techniques and rules to bring your prose to life. Identify common errors and craft compelling solutions that demonstrate your writing prowess.
Technical Elements: Master punctuation to avoid amateur mistakes and polish your writing.

Who Should Attend

Beginning Writers
Writer's with Manuscripts that Need Polish
Anyone looking to improve the professionalism of their written communications

Target Audiences

Beginning Writers
Writer's with Manuscripts that Need Polish
Anyone looking to improve the professionalism of their written communications

Ensure your writing is polished and professional, every time.

This course gives you the tools you need to ensure your writing is always polished and professional.

Every lesson offers a discussion area where you can ask questions and receive feedback.

You will:

Impress readers and publishers.

Polished, professional prose is necessary for your writing career, whether you plan to self-publish your work or seek traditional publication. Agents, publishers, and, most importantly, readers expect excellence.
Learn on your own schedule.

This course is self-paced. You can take it on your schedule. You never have to wait for the next lesson to become available or worry about losing access after an arbitrary amount of time.
Prepare for a successful publishing career.

Writing Academy graduates go on to successful traditional and self-publishing careers. Our students are award-winners and Amazon Best Sellers.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Building Blocks

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The Building Blocks

Lecture 3: Nouns

Lecture 4: Pronouns

Lecture 5: Verbs

Lecture 6: Adjectives

Lecture 7: Adverbs

Lecture 8: Flat Adverbs

Lecture 9: Conjunctions

Lecture 10: Prepositions

Lecture 11: Interjections

Lecture 12: Contractions

Lecture 13: Possessives

Lecture 14: Unusual Possessives

Lecture 15: Homophones

Lecture 16: Using a Dictionary

Chapter 2: Structuring Sentences

Lecture 1: Structuring Sentences

Lecture 2: Introducing Subjects and Predicates

Lecture 3: Predicates

Lecture 4: Subjects

Lecture 5: Tricky Subjects and Predicates

Lecture 6: Sentence Fragments

Lecture 7: Understanding Clauses

Lecture 8: When Fragments are OK

Lecture 9: Fixing Run-On Sentences with Punctuation

Lecture 10: Advanced Fixes for Run-On Sentences

Lecture 11: Rewriting Run-On Sentences

Chapter 3: Advanced Parts of Speech

Lecture 1: Advanced Parts of Speech

Lecture 2: Verb Forms

Lecture 3: Verbs: Person and Number

Lecture 4: Verbs: Tense, Voice, and Mood

Lecture 5: Simple Tenses

Lecture 6: Perfect Tenses

Lecture 7: Advanced Pronouns

Lecture 8: Personal Pronouns

Lecture 9: Compound and Partner Pronouns

Lecture 10: Object Pronouns

Lecture 11: Possessive Pronouns

Lecture 12: Relative Pronouns

Lecture 13: Interrogative Pronouns

Lecture 14: Indefinite Pronouns

Lecture 15: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Lecture 16: Demonstrative Pronouns

Lecture 17: Reciprocal Pronouns

Chapter 4: Advanced Sentence Structure

Lecture 1: Advanced Sentence Structure

Lecture 2: Subject-Verb Agreement: Collective Nouns

Lecture 3: Subject-Verb Agreement: Compound Subjects

Lecture 4: Plural Forms

Lecture 5: Plural Forms That Go Both Ways

Lecture 6: Or and Correlative Conjunctions

Lecture 7: Words Between Subject and Verb

Lecture 8: Verb Before Subject

Lecture 9: Subject-Verb Agreement: Singular and Plural Pronouns

Lecture 10: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Lecture 11: Shifts in Person

Lecture 12: Shifts in Tense

Lecture 13: Parallel Structure

Lecture 14: Fixing Mixed Constructions

Lecture 15: Fixing Incomplete Comparisons

Lecture 16: Syntax and Modifiers

Lecture 17: Faulty References

Lecture 18: Wordiness

Lecture 19: Diction

Lecture 20: Logic

Chapter 5: Technical Elements

Lecture 1: Technical Elements

Lecture 2: Capitalization Rules

Lecture 3: End Punctuation

Lecture 4: Punctuating Sentence Fragments

Lecture 5: Periods

Lecture 6: Internal Punctuation

Lecture 7: Commas

Lecture 8: Semicolons

Lecture 9: Colons

Lecture 10: Parentheses

Lecture 11: Ellipses

Lecture 12: Brackets

Lecture 13: Hyphen

Lecture 14: Slash

Lecture 15: Quotation Marks

Lecture 16: Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Dani Alcorn
Author and Screenwriter
Ellen Feld
Grammarian & Online Educator

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2 stars: 5 votes
3 stars: 6 votes
4 stars: 40 votes
5 stars: 62 votes

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