Certificate in Effective Grammar

Write and edit better starting today. Gain confidence in your writing. Improve your communication skills. This course will reinforce the rules you learned in school and teach you some you didn't.

Good grammar doesn't make good writing, but good writing demands good grammar. Whether you're a student or a professional, a career changer, or a job seeker, Effective Grammar will equip you to write more effectively from day one.

Put an end to grammar mistakes that detract from your work. The grammar knowledge you'll gain will contribute to whatever kind of writing you produce. Everything you learn will elevate your communication skills and help you present polished, professional writing every time.

This course is offered in partnership with Learning Education Resource Network - UGotClass. For more information see http://yougotclass.org/index.cfm/VCC

Prerequisites

What you will learn

• Understand parts of speech and the role each plays in a sentence.
• Recognize and correctly use commonly mixed-up words.
• Gain command of the apostrophe to make contractions and possessives.
• Locate subjects and predicates and understand their place in sentence structure.
• Spot sentence fragments and rework them into complete sentences.
• Identify and correct run-on sentences.
• Get familiar with standard verb forms in simple and complex tenses.
• Discover pronoun groups and forms and apply them correctly.
• Ensure agreement between subjects and verbs and between pronouns and antecedents.
• Maintain consistency in person, tense, and structure.
• Develop clear, concise, and logical sentences.
• Master basic rules of capitalization and punctuation.

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.