Business Grammar: Error-Free Writing

Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use. 
    ~Mark Twain

Business Grammar: Error-Free Writing consists of 11 lessons. This course is available both online and onsite.

Course Goals:

• Correctly punctuate paragraphs, sentences, bullet points and graphics.
• Recognize and correct errors in sentence structure, capitalization and number use.
• Choose the correct word for commonly mistaken word choice errors: me/myself/I, affect/effect, anxious/eager, ensure/assure and more.
• Edit correctly, following current guidelines and resources.
• Identify your particular errors and develop a methodology to eliminate them from your writing.
  

Course Outline

1. Introduction and Self-Assessment
   • Complete pre-test to identify your errors
     
2. Sentence structure
   
3. Apostrophes and Possessives
   
   • plural
   • singular
   • plural posssessive
     
   • inanimate possessives
     
4. Using colons and semi-colons
   
5. Using commas
   
   • serial commas
     
6. More common business writing punctuation
   
   • hyphens
   • dashes
   • parentheses
   • quotation m
   • italics
   • ellipses
   • dashes
   • periods with bullet points
7. Format numbers
8. Capitalization
9. Grammar and Usage
10. Recommended Style Guides for Your Industry
11. Post-test 

Wrap-Up

• Evaluate Training
• Receive Certificate of Completion and Skill Improvement Measurements

Register now to improve your business writing.

Fees: $250 for individual online course, $335 for individual onsite public course ($300 if enrolled 30 days before training day).

Contact us for group discounts, or to arrange this course at your company site.