Grammar Essentials

You learned the rules of grammar in school, but now you'd like to refresh and refine your grammar usage for your professional life. You need to state your ideas clearly and concisely in written communications and present yourself in a professional manner. In this course, you will review the rules of grammar, identify common grammar errors, and refine your business writing style. Improving your grammar will help you deliver polished and professional written communications. Correct grammar and a refined, concise writing style can help you clearly express your ideas to others, streamline the directions and instructions that you deliver, and create impressive presentations and reports.
097004
1 day


In this course, you will identify the elements of correct grammar for use in professional writing.


  • You will:

  • Examine nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Identify adjectives and adverbs. Identify prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. 
  • Identify some important rules of grammar and some commonly made grammatical errors. 
  • Identify grammar rules regarding correct punctuation. 
  • Identify problematic sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, as well as effective methods of rewriting sentences so that they are clear and complete. 
  • Identify methods for improving word choices. 
  • Identify methods for building effective sentences. 
  • Identify methods for editing text effectively.

This course is intended for working professionals in various job roles, both native and non-native English speakers, who use formal and informal written communications in the course of business, and who seek to improve their grammar usage.

To ensure your success, we recommend you have some level of work experience in any of a variety of organizational settings, and general end-user computer and Internet skills. You may wish to take either the following United States Career Campus courses or have equivalent knowledge:


  • Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
  • Microsoft® Office Word 2016: Part 1 (Desktop/Office 365™)
  • Microsoft® Windows®10
  • Microsoft® Office®16
  • Any PDF reader

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:


  • 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  • CD-ROM drive (if installing any software from a CD-ROM)
  • Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
  • 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
  • Network cards and cabling for local network access
  • Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
  • Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
  • Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen

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Course Content 

Lesson 1: Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs 

Topic A: Identify Parts of Speech 

Topic B: Use Nouns Topic C: Use Pronouns 

Topic D: Use Verbs 

Lesson 2: Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs 

Topic A: Use Adjectives 

Topic B: Use Adverbs 

Lesson 3: Identifying Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections 

Topic A: Use Prepositions 

Topic B: Use Conjunctions  

Topic C: Use Interjections 

Lesson 4: Identifying Rules 

Topic A: Monitor Sentence Structure 

Topic B: Monitor Modifiers  

Topic C: Avoid Common Errors 

Lesson 5: Identifying Correct Punctuation 

Topic A: Use Parentheses Correctly 

Topic B: Use Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Em Dashes, and Quotation Marks Correctly 

Topic C: Use Numbers, Symbols, and Capitalization Correctly 

Lesson 6: Identifying Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices 

Topic A: Identify and Resolve Sentence Fragments 

Topic B: Identify and Resolve Run-ons and Comma Splices 

Lesson 7: Improving Word Choices 

Topic A: Identify Commonly Misused Words 

Topic B: Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms 

Lesson 8: Writing Effectively 

Topic A: Write with Purpose  

Topic B: Consider the Audience 

Topic C: Consider the Context 

Lesson 9: Editing Effectively 

Topic A: Use Correct Spelling 

Topic B: Check Your Work 

Appendix A: Commonly Misspelled Words

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