The Elements of English Grammar

The Elements of English Grammar, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.8, with 35 lectures, 19 quizzes, based on 606 reviews, and has 3945 subscribers.

You will learn about By the end of this course, you will be able to write English sentences free of major grammar errors. This course is ideal for individuals who are Students or Business writers or Learners of English or Anyone who wishes to improve his or her knowledge of English grammar. It is particularly useful for Students or Business writers or Learners of English or Anyone who wishes to improve his or her knowledge of English grammar.

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Summary

Title: The Elements of English Grammar

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.8

Number of Lectures: 35

Number of Quizzes: 19

Number of Published Lectures: 35

Number of Published Quizzes: 19

Number of Curriculum Items: 54

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 54

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to write English sentences free of major grammar errors.

Who Should Attend

Students
Business writers
Learners of English
Anyone who wishes to improve his or her knowledge of English grammar.

Target Audiences

Students
Business writers
Learners of English
Anyone who wishes to improve his or her knowledge of English grammar.

In this course, we will concentrate on the technical aspects of writing for business and academic purposes.

We will learn how to compose “clean copy” – that is writing devoid of technical errors of grammar, syntax, usage – and spelling.

We will learn to present ourselves in writing so that we come across as educated, intelligent and competent.

A complete course in English grammar — for students, college, high school, and learners of the language, and anyone else who has long wanted to learn the correct form for spoken and written English.
430 minutes of video instruction
10 chapters of supplemental text (more than 150 pages)
Exercises to practice and re-enforce your learning.
Chat-room contact with your instructor so you can ask any question, so nothing is left unclear.
All at a reasonable price.

A verifiable Certificate of Completion will be awarded at the successful completion of the course!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction – Why Grammar?

Lecture 1: Welcome!

Lecture 2: Good writing is essential!

Chapter 2: Parts of Speech

Lecture 1: Video – parts of speech

Lecture 2: Text: Parts of speech — the names for the different groups of words

Chapter 3: The sentence: the fundamental unit of composition

Lecture 1: Video – The Sentence

Lecture 2: Text: The sentence

Lecture 3: Text: Direct and Indirect Objects

Lecture 4: Video lecture – coordination & subordination

Lecture 5: Text: Coordination and Subordination

Lecture 6: Video – the passive voice

Chapter 4: When sentences go bad – sentence fragments & run-ons

Lecture 1: Video lecture: Fragments – Don't leave parts of your sentences lying around!

Lecture 2: Text: Sentence fragments – don't leave pieces of your sentence lying around

Lecture 3: Video: the run-on and the comma-splice sentences – the evil twins of sentences

Lecture 4: Text: Run-on sentences & comma splices

Chapter 5: Verbs – make me tense

Lecture 1: Video Lecture – Verbs make me tense!

Lecture 2: Text: Verbs tell time

Lecture 3: Video Lecture – past/present confusion

Lecture 4: Video Lecture – the 'what if' form

Lecture 5: Video Lecture – Subject Verb Agreement

Lecture 6: Text: Subject-Verb Agreement: they "go together"

Lecture 7: The Progressive

Chapter 6: Nouns – naming all the things that make up our world

Lecture 1: Video lecture: Nouns — all the things that make up our world

Lecture 2: Text: Nouns – naming all the things that make up our world

Chapter 7: Pronouns – taking the place of nouns

Lecture 1: Video Lecture – Pronouns: they're on the job when nouns take the day off!

Lecture 2: Video Lecture – When pronouns go bad (pronoun errors)

Lecture 3: Video Lecture – who, whom and whatever else

Lecture 4: Text: Pronouns

Chapter 8: Adjectives and Adverbs – change you can believe in!

Lecture 1: Video lecture – adjectives: they change nouns

Lecture 2: Video lecture – adverbs: they 'add' to verbs

Lecture 3: Text: Adjectives and Adverbs

Chapter 9: Prepositions

Lecture 1: Video – Have I got a preposition for you!

Lecture 2: Text: Prepositions — in or out of the ''box''

Chapter 10: Punctuation

Lecture 1: Video Lecture – Punctuation: it guides us through the sentence

Lecture 2: Video Lecture – The comma rules!

Lecture 3: Text: The Comma Rules!

Instructors

Prof. Michael McIntyre
Ed.D., M.A., B.A.

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 7 votes
2 stars: 12 votes
3 stars: 51 votes
4 stars: 181 votes
5 stars: 355 votes

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