IMPROVING YOUR WRITING
There are two kinds of people: Those who think they can write, and those who think they can’t. And, very often, both are wrong.The truth is, most of us fall somewhere in the middle. We are all capable of producing good writing. Or, at least, better writing.
Writing skills are an important part of communication. Good writing skills allow you to communicate your message with clarity to a larger audience than through face-to-face or telephone conversations.
The good news is that writing is a skill which can be learned like any other. One trick for checking and improving your work is to read it aloud. Reading text forces you to slow down and you may pick up problems with the flow that your eye would otherwise skip over.
Some BASIC areas you need to have in mind as you write:
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Punctuation
You also need to know if you need to write in a formal style or a more informal one.
So let’s get started!
Course Features
- Lectures 55
- Quizzes 0
- Skill level B1+
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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Parts of Speech
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The Phrase
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The Clause
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The Sentence
- The Sentence: Definition/Types of Sentences
- The Sentence: Sentence Patterns
- The Sentence: Types of Subjects and Predicates
- The Sentence: Subject-Verb Agreement
- The Sentence: Clauses / Types of Sentences
- The Sentence: Simple Sentence
- The Sentence: Compound Sentences
- The Sentence: Run-on Sentences
- The Sentence: Complex Sentences
- The Sentence: Types of Complex Sentences
- The Sentence: Parallel Construction
- The Sentence: Irrelevant Sentences
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Punctuation
- Punctuation General Rules
- Punctuation 1- Em Dashes and En Dashes
- Punctuation 2- Hyphens
- Punctuation 3- Ellipses
- Punctuation 4- Comma
- Punctuation: Commas-“Serial Commas” and “Parallel construction in a series”
- Punctuation: Commas-“Nonessential clauses”
- Punctuation: Commas- “Compound Sentences”
- Punctuation: Commas- “After a dependent introductory clause, phrase, or word and others situations”
- Capitalization- Part 1
- Capitalization- Part 2
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Writing Structure
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Vocabulary
