Dr. Douglas May
Write Better…Right Now! P2
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Course Details

  Hi, I’m back.  Nice to see you working through the course!  Part II gets to the nuts and bolts of writing.  In Part 2 of the Write Better…Right Now! Course series, we will learn about subject-verb agreement, types of clauses, writing mechanics, and colon and comma use. 
Semicolons & Colons Comma Usage Prepositions Semicolons & Colons Finding Subjects and Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Phrases Clauses

Now that you’ve opened up your creativity and have a good idea of structure, you can begin to focus on grammatical and punctuation issues that you may encounter with your writing.

Nothing screams “unprofessional” as loudly as bad writing, whether it’s structure, content, grammar, punctuation, or whatever. You want your writing to be error-free and well stated, and not marred by incorrect comma usage, faulty sentence structure, or illogical connections.

This section pinpoints lots of common areas where people make mistakes in their writing.  Even if you learn a few new rules about punctuation and grammar in this section, you will most likely be way ahead of most people in your writing abilities.  So let’s jump in…Let’s make YOUR writing even better…

Lessons

1
Write Like a Pro Unit 4

Welcome to Write Better...Right Now! Part 2

2
Write Like a Pro Unit 5

In this lesson, we will discuss methods for identifying and using adjective-dependent clauses and the differences between an adjective phrase and clause after which students will have the chance to practice using them

3
Write Like a Pro Unit 6

In this lesson, we will discuss commas and semicolons as well as the various clauses associated with them and learn methods to identify proper and improper comma and semi-colon placement to make writing easier to read and digest

4
Write Better... Right Now! P2 Unit 6

In this lesson, we will discuss commas and semicolons as well as the various clauses associated with them and learn methods to identify proper and improper comma and semi-colon placement to make writing easier to read and digest