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Grammar on the Rocks™This intensive half-day refresher focuses on what you must know about grammar

Intensive half-day

Major, minor and submerged 'grammar rocks' all have the potential to dent your confidence and sink your credibility. This intensive half-day refresher focuses on what you must know about grammar. You don't need to know everything. But you do need to know how to prevent 'grammatical rocks' from damaging you.

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Pronoun, Apostrophe, Plural, Subject-Verb Agreement, Verbal Gerbil, Colon, Semicolon, Punctuation of Lists, Was/Were, I/Me, Myself, Which/That/Who/Whom, Hyphens, And/But, Ellipsis, Full Stops and more...

...some of those will have filled you with dread!

Grammar on the Rocks™ is a practical approach to the rules of grammar. It will actively improve your understanding and use of grammar without bombarding you with too much information.

Brush up on your basic grammar skills by going over the fine points that people always seem to get wrong, in just half a day!

Benefits

  • See business results from your improved grammar
  • Impress your customers, colleagues and superiors
  • Brush up on your basics
  • Never rely on the PC to correct your grammar
  • Improve your business writing
  • Speed up your ability to write and edit
  • The 26 page reference guide: Go away with an easy to use guide that won't fill your desk or, like most grammar books, cause more confusion.

Who Should Attend?

This programme has been designed to benefit anyone who feels they need to brush up on their grammar.

Content

Refresher - this quick refresher will speed up your ability to write and edit: covering nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and pronouns
Major Rocks - the essentials: apostrophes, plurals, subject-verb agreement and bad verbal grammar
Minor Rocks - These items will come in handy when those who know their grammar may react negatively to your mistakes. This covers: colons, semicolons, punctuation of lists, using the right words in a sentence and hyphen usage
Submerged Rocks - not commonly known, not even by some experts! Learn where to add prepositions and split infinitives

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How can I take this course?

In-house Courses - for groups and teams

Call our Account Managers on +44 (0)1753 866633 or enquire here.

Public Workshops - London and Manchester

(prices exclude VAT)

22/10/2008 Manchester(PM) £250
12/11/2008 London(PM) £250
24/02/2009 London(AM) £250
30/04/2009 Manchester(AM) £250
05/08/2009 London(PM) £250
30/09/2009 Manchester(AM) £250

Discounts for multiple bookings on public workshops 

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