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Course description

Brush up on basic writing skills, reviewing parts of speech, grammar and common grammatical mistakes. Explore sentence parts including words, phrases and clauses. Understand punctuation and common punctuation mistakes such as capitalization, abbreviations and numbers. Discuss commonly misused and misspelled words.

Course outline

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Identify the eight parts of speech and utilize related reference materials
  • Write grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs
  • Recognize common grammatical mistakes and correct them
  • Identify common punctuation and other mechanics mistakes and correct them
  • Identify commonly misused words and commonly misspelled words
  • Explain some of the key principles of plain and concise English
  • Create editing checklists for revising written work and understand how to use editorial style guides 
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Section title
Grammar and Punctuation Essentials
Type
ON - Online
Dates
Sep 09, 2024 to Oct 21, 2024
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
20.0
Delivery options
Online  
Course Fee(s)
TXP1 non-credit $369.00
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Section Notes

•   This is an online, asynchronous course; it is not an independent study course. There are set due dates for graded and non-graded assessments and students are required to actively participate throughout the course via discussion and other activities.

•   Before your course begins, ensure your MyMRU account is activated. Step-by-step instructions for account activation can be found here. Once you have activated your account and have your MyMRU login information, you can log into your MRU Google account using your @mtroyal.ca email address and set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Help with your Google account can be found here, and help setting up MFA can be found here.

•   Course content will be available on the D2L Brightspace Learning Management System (LMS) 3 days prior to the start date of your course. You must be logged in to your MRU Gmail account to access D2L Brightspace. Your instructor will be available on the course start date.

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