The Grammar Course

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Detailed Overview/Outline

Success in business demands clear, concise, and correct e-mails, memos, letters and reports.

And it all starts with knowledge of business grammar and punctuation! Attend this business grammar refresher course to overcome usage and punctuation challenges, catch up with today’s new writing styles, learn to polish documents to perfection and confidently proofread and critique your written communications, as well as those of your colleagues. Plus, pinpoint your business grammar strengths and weak spots with self-graded quizzes during class.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Anyone who handles correspondence, writes to customers, develops company publications, prepares internal reports or does any job that requires business grammar skills, or the ability to proofread and critique written communications.

HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT:

• Write like a pro: clearly, concisely and grammatically correct
• Produce error-free documents that project a professional image
• Revisit the rules of grammar—without all the jargon
• Use the right word and correct punctuation every time
• Know the do’s and don’ts of effective business e-mail
• Improve your ability to critique your writing and that of others

WHAT YOU WILL COVER:

• Proofreading an actual business letter: identifying and correcting faulty sentences
• Usage challenges: effect or affect, who or whom, that or which
• Subject-verb agreement
• When and where to use commas and other punctuation
• Updating your proofreading technique
• Writing correct and effective e-mail according to “netiquette” guidelines: what spell checks don’t catch
• Insure, ensure and other troublesome words
• Practical grammar rules you can apply immediately

Extended Description

Better Business Grammar

• Improve and Update Language Skills to Gain Greater Confidence:
• – Grammar Rules
• – Word Usage
• – Punctuation
• – Capitalization
• – Spelling Difficulties
• – Subject and Verb Agreement
• – Who and Whom
• – Affect and Effect
• – Possessives and Plurals
• – Pronunciation and Enunciation
• – Email
• – Proofreading Technique

Review Exercises

• Practice Grammar Rules and Language Through Exercises and Challenges

Sponsor Background:
The American Management Association was founded in 1923. They have built a content control check into every one of their professional seminars. Plus a series of checks and balances to ensure that the content of every AMA seminar is precisely targeted to:

• provide comprehensive, hands-on training that is of practical use when you return to the job
• focus on need-to-know specifics, relevant to the demands of global business today
• offer the expertise and personalized attention of top-ranking instructors
• facilitate your career development and business savvy

Whether you're looking for a solid foundation of business fundamentals or strategies to help you seize growth opportunities for your company, AMA offers expert instruction to help you:

• manage your priorities effectively
• cultivate more productive working relationships
• increase your on-the-job value
• align your skills with marketplace demands
• bring out the best in people, processes and yourself

Cancellation and Refund Policy

If you cannot attend a seminar you may contact AMA in advance to transfer to a future session, or can send someone to take your place. If you need to cancel your attendance, AMA will give you a complete refund if you cancel more than three weeks before your seminar begins. To cancel, simply call. If you cancel with less than three weeks' notice, you will be liable for the entire seminar fee, however you may request a courtesy transfer to use at any future AMA seminar of equal or lesser value. The courtesy transfer must be used within one year of the date of your originally scheduled seminar. In fairness to all attendees, if you do not attend a seminar session for which you are confirmed, and do not cancel with a minimum of three weeks’ notice as described above, you will be charged the entire seminar fee.

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