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Business Writing: Grammar and Usage
Date(s):
Jan. 21 | Mar. 3
Instructor(s): Elinor Celuzza | Kerin Forsyth
Duration/Time: One-day; 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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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for the Business Writing: Grammar and Usage workshop at nSight's Burlington office. Save up to 30% by bringing a colleague or friend with you! Ten days prior to the scheduled workshop date, we'll send you an email with a link to pay for the workshop via PayPal®/credit card.
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