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Grammar Crammer

Grammatical errors and how to avoid them

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Training Overview

Poor grammar undermines your credibility as a communications professional.

Whether you're producing online copy, drafting releases for journalists or creating material for a new project, you need to be sure that it's flawless.

If you're not sure whether to use a colon or a semicolon, can't see what's wrong with 'should of' and wouldn't know a split infinitive from a whole one, the Grammar Crammer is for you. Packed with hints, tips, examples and exercises, you'll learn the basic rules so you can understand - and avoid - the common grammar and proofreading mistakes.

How will I benefit?

You'll avoid embarrassing mistakes and typos. You'll find people take your writing more seriously. You'll be able to explain to others why you've corrected their work rather than just saying 'it looks wrong'.

You'll create a better impression of yourself and your company.

You'll gain new respect from journalists and editors (who take great pleasure in ridiculing poor grammar) and you'll feel more confident in your own writing abilities.

What will I learn?

Back to Basics

Understand and remember the basic rules of grammar

Speech

Different parts of speech and why it's important to know them

Common pitfalls

Common grammatical errors and how to avoid them

Proofing and editing

The difference between proofreading and editing

Clarity

How to ensure your reader knows exactly what you mean

Utilise tricky words

Common problem words and how to use them correctly

Flow

How to make your writing flow logically without ambiguity

Sentence structure

What makes a sentence a sentence

Brevity

How to turn long, complex sentences into short, simple ones

Punctuation

The different punctuation marks and how to use them

Be understood

Writing in Plain English so that you are easily understood

Who should attend?

This course is perfect for anyone wanting to brush up their writing and proofreading skills.

What else do I need to know?

This course is a world away from the dry lessons you might remember from primary school. It's thoroughly immersive with interactive games, quizzes, exercises and examples so that everyone leaves knowing (and remembering) enough to impress even the most serious grammar pedant.

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Got a team to train? Most courses are delivered direct either in person or via live video for groups of 6 - 12 people. These sessions are tailored to your specific needs. You just need to tell us what they are! Get in touch now for a friendly chat about what you need to achieve.

Want a course just for you? We run special sessions throughout the year and have a growing number of online courses. If you can't find what you need on the site, get in touch now and we can help.

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What delegates say about The Grammar Crammer for Communications Professionals:

Very useful. Was really glad to be able to ask so many questions and also to be able to apply what we learnt to our everyday jobs.

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Great session and I learnt more than I originally thought I would.

It was interactive and informative. There were no stupid questions and it didn't matter if you got the answer wrong.

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Very useful. I feel much more confident with where to place a semi colon now.

The session was extremely useful. It clarified various uncertainties I have.

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You were a lovely teacher. Thank you very much for the great session :)

Very useful. Became aware of so many mistakes I often make. Learnt so many new things!

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