Course Content

Grammar on the Rocks™ is designed and led by knowledgeable writers/editors – people who have done their homework and enjoy sharing their experience and insights with participants.

Typical Half-Day Agenda

Introduction: Avoiding the Rocks

I. A Refresher on the Building Blocks

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Pronouns

II. Must Know! (Major Rocks)

A detailed review of the most common mistakes in English grammar

• Apostrophes
• Plurals
• Subject-Verb Agreement

III. Nice to Know (Minor Rocks)

These may be nice to know — but they are among the most common challenges and a source of confusion

• Colon
• Semicolon
• Punctuation of Lists
• Was/Were
• I/Me
• Myself
• Which/That
• That/Which/Who
• Who/Whom
• Hyphen Usage (Compound Adjectives)
• And/But (At start of a sentence)
• Ellipsis (…)
• Period (full stop) inside or outside "quotes"?
• Similar but Different

IV. Fine Points (Submerged Rocks)

Old chestnuts!

• Preposition at the end of a sentence?
• Can you use a Split Infinitive?

(Skill-Set: English Grammar)