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Grammar on the Rocks™
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Instructor Led |
Overview: |
| Could bad grammar be sinking your career, or embarrassing your company? This one day workshop shows you how to avoid the
“rocks” of English grammar. You do not need to know everything.
But you need to know which are “rocks” and which are not.
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Target Audience: |
| Designed for employees of every level looking for a refresher on their grammatical skills. |
At Course Completion: |
| By the end of the session, participants will be able to recognise three types of “Grammatical Rocks”: |
- Major Rocks that will Sink you - and your career, if not your company’s credibility.
- Minor Rocks that may Sink you so you can scurry off to your reference books, if you are not sure.
- Submerged Rocks - representing fine grammatical points, which even experts often look up.
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| How to avoid the top 12 grammatical mistakes |
| What mistakes may embarrass you |
| Fine points that you need to know |
| Sources for solving grammatical challenges |
| Drills, practice, tips, shortcuts |
| Typical Quandaries Covered |
| Plurals - Which is Correct? |
- 1990’s or 1990s
- 7’s or 7s
- B&B’s or B&Bs
- Computer’s or computers
- Do’s and don’t’s or Dos and don’ts
- Pdf’s or PDFs or PDF’s
- Pro’s and con’s or pros and con’s or pros and cons
- Stereos or stereo’s
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| Possessives - Which is Correct? |
- John (Smith’s/Smiths’/Smiths) report
- The company and (it’s/its/its’) staff
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| Punctuation and Stylistic Review: |
- Can you start a sentence with And or But?
- How do you punctuate a list?
- What’s the difference between a semi-colon and colon?
- Which is correct:To go boldly; or to boldly go?
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| Other Quandaries that Cause Debate: |
- If I (was/were) Bill Gates.
- He is coming over to see you and (I/me).
- Joe and (I/me) were late.
- Please do not hesitate to contact (I/me/myself).
- This report was produced by (I/me/myself) and Sara.
- Invite (whoever/whomever) you wish.
- She is the candidate (who/whom) we hope to hire.
- The changes will (affect/effect) everyone.
- We’d like you to (practice/practise) the techniques immediately.
- Please send the (enquiry/inquiry) directly to me
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