Grammar on the Rocks™: 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)