Grammar and Usage Workshop
October 8 - 10, 2008 Instructor: Alison Kahn Washington, DC $765 October 22 - 24, 2008 Instructor: Alison Kahn Washington, DC $765 November 18 - 20, 2008 Instructor: Andrew Murphy Washington, DC $765 December 1 - 3, 2008 Instructor: Teri Hocking Washington, DC $765 January 12 - 14, 2009 Instructor: Catherine Williams Washington, DC $765 March 9 - 11, 2009 Instructor: Melanie Dooley Washington, DC $765 March 23 - 25, 2009 Instructor: Susan Janney Washington, DC $765 April 6 - 8, 2009 Instructor: Alison Kahn Washington, DC $765 April 28 - 30, 2009 Instructor: Teri Hocking Washington, DC $765 May 11 - 13, 2009 Instructor: Martha Warner San Francisco, CA $765 May 19 - 21, 2009 Instructor: Terri Greenberg Philadelphia, PA $765 June 2 - 4, 2009 Instructor: Martha Warner New Orleans, LA $765 June 17 - 19, 2009 Instructor: Catherine Williams Washington, DC $765 July 8 - 10, 2009 St. Louis, MO $765 July 13 - 15, 2009 Virginia Beach, VA $765 July 27 - 29, 2009 Instructor: Stephen Shurtz Washington, DC $765 August 25 - 27, 2009 Instructor: Stephen Shurtz Washington, DC $765 September 14 - 16, 2009 Instructor: Andrew Murphy Washington, DC $765
Overview:
Get the answers you need about grammar and sentence structure to communicate better. You learn proper usage of punctuation, abbreviations, quotations and capitalization and how to eliminate unnecessary words and phrases. Brush up on the rules of grammar and style and test yourself on the most frequent writing blunders.
Recommended follow-up courses: Fundamentals of Writing (WRIT7010D) , and Put It in Writing (WRIT7003N) .
All individuals who need to learn the most important rules of English grammar, usage and grammatical structures.
Distance Education Option: Gaining Knowledge and Confidence in Using English Grammar I (ENGL0038C001) .
Write balanced, logical sentences Use government style for punctuation, capitalization and numbers Recognize and correct common errors in grammar Recognize current acceptable usage
Syllabus -- Grammar and Usage Workshop, ENGL7001D, Grad. School, USDA
Day one of three:
Introduction
Analyzing the Sentence
Correcting Major Sentence Errors
Using the Noun Pronoun Form
Identifying the Subject and Verb
Understanding the Verb
Day two of three:
Overview
Making the Parts Agree
Subject-verb agreement
Pronoun-antecedent agreement Making the Sentence Unambiguous, Logical and Balanced
Pronoun reference
Using modifiers
Prepositions, conjunctions and types of sentences
Modification
Grammatical consistency
Grammatical completeness
Parallelism
Day three of three:
Overview
Punctuating Correctly
Further Punctuation
Capitalizing Properly
Using Numbers Accurately
Compounding Properly
Using Abbreviations and Acronyms Correctly
Spelling
Using Words Correctly
Comprehensive Exercises
Summary
