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     English is a beautiful language. It has a great richness, variety and flexibility. But many people do not have a clear                             understanding of the 'nuts and bolts' of the language, which makes it difficult for them to use it accurately and confidently.           Some people were not taught the basics at school. Others were, but have since forgotten most of what they learnt.

     Lack of understanding can lead to a writing style that is weak, unsure of itself and prone to mistakes. Many writers lack                   confidence because they feel they do not have a firm enough grasp of the basics of the language they use every day. This

     can lead to embarrassment, criticism from colleagues, and even complaints from customers.

In this course, we examine basic grammar in a straightforward, step-by-step way. The course is suitable for 10 to 20 people. We run the course at your offices, over one day.

The course covers the following.

• Parts of speech, including verbs and adverbs, nouns and pronouns, adjectives, conjunctions and prepositions
• Sentence structure, including lists and bullet points, past and present particles, and active and passive verbs
• Punctuation, including colons and semicolons, inverted commas, apostrophes, brackets, and dashes and hyphens
• Other topics, including 'will' and 'shall', the split infinitive, beginning a sentence with a conjunction, ending a sentence with a preposition, singular and plural, and writing numbers