The course programme

09.30  Welcome and introductions
09.45  A practical look at grammar
         The ‘building blocks’ of grammar: parts of speech explained – nouns,
         pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions – what
         they do, and some specific rules
         Exercises
10.45  Break
11.00  Putting the blocks together
         Avoiding grammatical pitfalls
         Grammatical ‘rules’ or grammatical ‘myths’? A look at some issues that
         often worry writers needlessly
         Exercises - putting it all together
         Proofreading exercise
12.45  Lunch
13.45  Punctuation made simple: its purpose, and the main
         punctuation marks explained - commas, full stops, semi colons, colons
         A more detailed look at apostrophes and how to use them
         What’s the difference? Commonly confused words
         Exercises
15.15  Break
15.30  Putting it all together - practising what we have learnt
16.15  Action planning, review and close

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