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Business Writing: Grammar and Usage
(One-day workshop)
Date(s):
Aug 12 | Sep 17 | Oct 7 | Nov 20 | Dec 16
Instructor(s): Elinor Celuzza | Kerin Forsyth
Description
With extensive explanations and challenging grammatical drills, this workshop teaches you how to find and correct grammatical problems. We will discuss the evolving nature of language and the rationale for the rules we learned in grade school. Participants leave with a thorough understanding of grammar and usage in areas such as subject-verb agreement, restrictive clauses, modifiers, and rules of punctuation.
Intended Audience:
For anyone who wants to strengthen his or her own writing or who edits others' work, this course is a natural foundation for many of nSight's other writing and editing classes.
Topics Include:
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- Lesson 1: Grammar Skills
- Punctuation Rules
- Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
- Guidelines on Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
- Subject/Verb Agreement
- Lesson 2: Organizational Skills
- Organizing Your Documents
- Transitions
- Using Appropriate Tone
- Plain English
- Responding to E-mail Inquiries
- Lesson 3: Rewriting and Fine-Tuning
- Parallel Structure
- Active Voice
- Dead Construction: Choosing Powerful Verbs
- Lesson 4: Clarifying Your Writing
- Redundancy
- Wordiness or "Flabby Phrases"
- Smothered Verbs
- Additional Resources
- Effective Writing Checklist
- Usage Glossary
- Annotated References
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To learn more about nSight training programs and for assistance, please contact our Training department at 781-273-6300 or Training@nSightWorks.com.
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