The Grammar and Proofreading Course

 

Duration: 2 Days (10 am to 5 pm with one hour lunch break)

Cost: $ 899 + GST

Course Outline

Gain the skills to:

• Write with style, grace, and clarity
• Recognize and correct run-on sentences
• Proofread your writing for clarity of meaning
• Overcome the two common writing problems that waste time and money—procrastination and impulsive writing

The Grammar and Proofreading Course presents positive, practical methods for improving your professional writing style. You will learn how to apply the three C's and how to use PAT to evaluate what you have written.

Learn how to:

• Identify the key components of any well-written business document
• Cut excess words and phrases from your writing
• Use transitional words and phrases
• Avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers and split infinitives
• Use commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, and parentheses
• Use slash marks, ellipsis marks, quotation marks, italics, and brackets

Course Objective: Understand how to employ writing and editing techniques to strengthen professional writing style. Identify the key components of a well-written business document.