THE NITTY-GRITTY OF GOOD GRAMMAR AND GREAT WRITIING
Instructor: Francis X. Curry
Do you have difficulty telling a dangling participle from a sentence fragment? Do clauses have you baffled? Would you be unable to diagram a sentence even at gunpoint? Then this is the class for you. You may be way beyond a beginning writer, while still being unsure of some parts of grammar, which makes your work just good, rather than great. Learn what your teachers never told you, right here.
Class one
Introduction
An explanation of the basis for the contents
How To Start
Explanation of how to start a written piece. Explains a plan and how to formulate a plan. Offers methods of offering ideas to a reader.
Class Two
- Discussion of sentence clarification
- Discussion of infinitives
- Discussion of Dangling participles
Class Three
- Restrictive and non restrictive clauses
Class Four
- More on sentence fragments
Class Five
- Discussion of Infinitive phrase
Class Six
Class Seven
- Differences in person and number
Class Eight
Class Nine
- Adjectives tell you something about a noun.
- Adverbs tell something about verbs.
- Comparison is a way adjectives and adverbs show difference.
9 rules
1. Adjectives of one syllable add er to form the comparative and add est to form the superlative.
Positive comparative superlative
Strong stronger strongest
2. Adjectives of more than one syllable generally form the comparative by putting more before the positive and most before the superlative.
Some adjectives of more than one syllable may be written either way.
3. Some adjectives are much like irregular verbs. Good better best bad worse worst little less least Much, many, & some use more and most.
4. Most adverbs are formed by adding ly to the adjective.
Adjective adverb
Sad sadly
When comparing adverbs, generally put more before the adverb to form the comparative and most to form the superlative.
Readily more readily most readily
5. When comparing two persons or things, use the comparative.
Jane is the shorter of the two.
6. When comparing three or more persons or things, use the superlative. Jane is the best of them all.
7. In forming the comparative or the superlative, do not use more and er or most and est for the same word.
Don't write Write
The most saddest sight The saddest sight
8.Trouble !
The adjectives, this, that, these and those, are trouble to some persons, only when they are combined with the words sort, type, kind, and like. This and that are singular. These and those are plural.
This kind that kind
These kinds those kinds
9. Look, feel, taste, smell, and hear.
Class Ten
Word usage
Start Date: Every other Wednesday - contact instructor.
Duration 10 weeks.
Limit N/A
Class Materials Instructor will provide.
Tuition: $125
Private Mentoring Option $35
