The Great Courses – English Grammar Boot Camp 2018-2

Description

English Grammar Boot Camp is a complete course for teaching English grammar. Grammar reminds many of us of memories of blaming teachers and struggling with the vague and complicated rules of the official language. But what exactly is grammar? In fact, grammar is an integral part of the style in which we write and read. Also, a clear knowledge of grammar can provide a wide range of possibilities for you to enjoy your English and your skills to use it (both speaking and writing). Grammar is the foundation of writing, and the powerful and meticulous linguistic foundation in grammar and its use will significantly expand your resources for oral terminology, meticulous language navigation, and the achievement of clarity in communication and literary power.

In this course, renowned linguist and professor Anne Curzan from the University of Michigan will take you on an exploration of English grammar aspects. In this course, you will learn topics such as examining common grammar issues, verb construction, passive voice usage, punctuation principles, and conversational grammar.

What you will learn in the English Grammar Boot Camp course

Understand the history of specific grammar rules and guide to scientific use

Explore the shape of irregular word combinations and examine the types of ways in which they are constructed.

Explore how verbs work with or without objects and learn complex transitive verbs

Examine how to use the apostrophe with abbreviations and possessiveness given the problems with words ending in s.

Course information

Publisher: The Great Courses Instructor: Anne Curzan English language Level of training: basic to advanced Number of courses: 24 Duration: 12 hours and 33 minutes

Topics

1-Why Do We Care about Grammar?

2-Prescriptivism: Grammar Shoulds and Shouldn’ts

3-Descriptivism: How Grammar Really Works

4-Re Phrasing

5-Fewer Octopuses or Less Octopi?

6-Between You and Your Pronouns

7-Which Hunting

8-A(n) Historical Issue

9-Funnest Lecture Ever

10-Going, Going, Went

11-Object Lessons

12-Shall We?

13-Passive Voice Was Corrected

14-Only Adverbs

15-No Ifs, Ands, or Buts

16-However to Use However

17-Squirrels and Prepositions

18-Stranded Prepositions

19-The Dangers of Danglers

20-Navigating the Choppy Paragraph

21-What Part of Speech is Um?

22-Duck, Duck, Comma, and Duck

23-Its/It’s Confusing

24-Trending Language

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