Essentials of Business Grammar

Short course

In Coventry

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    Coventry

  • Duration

    1 Day

When writing for business, the reader won't be giving you the benefit of the doubt. The quality of your syntax says a lot about you, your organisation and your products and services. If your writing is sloppy, inaccurate and amateurish, it sends the wrong message. You will leave this course with the confidence to produce documents that say the right things about you.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Coventry (West Midlands)
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Swanswell Street, CV1 5DG

Start date

On request

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Course programme

Introduction
When writing for business, the reader won't be giving you the benefit of the doubt. The quality of your syntax says a lot about you, your organisation and your products and services. If your writing is sloppy, inaccurate and amateurish, it sends the wrong message. You will leave this course with the confidence to produce documents that say the right things about you.

Course Content

  • The parts of speech
  • Understand nouns, pronouns, verbs and conjunctions.
  • Subject and object
  • Tense
  • Sentence construction
  • Linking ideas together
  • The active and passive voice
  • Subject and verb agreement
  • Punctuation
  • Apostrophes, the possessive form; abbreviations and contractions
  • Using commas correctly
  • The semi-colon and colon
  • Common mistakes and how to avoid them

Suitability

Anyone who has to write reports, white papers, letters or marketing copy who wishes to improve their written English and feel confident with the rules of grammar.
This course outline can be adapted to meet the needs of an organisation, department or team. Details and prices are available on request.

Assessment

No formal assessment.
Candidates will receive a City College Coventry Certificate of Attendance

Duration

1 day (9:30am - 4:30pm)
Course notes and / or manuals are provided

Progression

  • Professional Written Communication
  • The Professional Receptionist

Essentials of Business Grammar

Price on request