Writing Smartly’s first seminar, Teaching Grammar, will be offered again on Saturday morning, October 31, from 10:00 to 11:00. I am hoping this new time will prove convenient for a number of people who have expressed an interest in this and other seminars but have been unable to attend the regular Tuesday evening section. Tuition …
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Offered Again at a New Time”
Verbs and Adverbs Tuesday, October 27 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Verbs are at the heart of our sentences, and understanding a few basic ideas about them—what is meant by the principal parts of a verb, a direct object, and tense—can go far in helping us to revise our drafts. Adverbs work with verbs, but they …
Nouns and Adjectives Tuesday, October 20 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. On October 20, again from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., the next Writing Smartly seminar, Nouns and Adjectives, will clarify the difference between count and collective nouns, and explain how that knowledge can keep your ideas exact and clear. Adjectives make nouns more specific, and using …
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October 20 and October 27″
The second Writing Smartly seminar, Writing a Good Sentence, will be held on October 13, at 7:00 p.m. This one-hour discussion will review the fundamental structure of every well-written sentence and explain how to sharpen the focus of a statement by examining its subject and verb: an exact noun, a strong verb, and fewer prepositions …
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A reminder that on October 6, the first Writing Smartly seminar, Teaching Grammar, will be held online from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. If all the changes in the way we go to school now have put you in the role of English grammar teacher or tutor, this seminar can help. Participants will receive a handout …
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