Complete Punctuation: Novice to Pro
Punctuation in the UK and the US:
a comprehensive guide to all
the punctuation marks
Would you like to:
Understand punctuation to a professional level, with an understanding of all the major punctuation marks in English?
Use commas, colons, semicolons and other punctuation marks accurately, precisely and stylishly?
Master every aspect of English punctuation - to produce authoritative, error-free documents every time?
Talk knowledgeably about even the most intricate aspects of punctuation in English?
Gain clarity on the (often confusing) differences between UK and US punctuation?
Be the go-to expert on English punctuation in your place of work?
Punctuate with confidence so you can earn an income from professional writing, editing or proofreading?
If any of these apply to you, you need this comprehensive, professional-level punctuation course.
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In this highly detailed punctuation course, you’ll learn how to master the intricacies of every major punctuation mark, including:
- Commas
- Full stops/periods
- Apostrophes
- Hyphens
- Colons
- Semicolons
- Dashes
- Brackets (both square and round)
- Inverted commas/quotation marks
- Question marks
- Exclamation marks
- Ellipses
- Bullet points
If you’re looking for a superficial beginner’s guide to punctuation based on opinion rather than research, this is probably not the punctuation course for you.
However, if you want a professional-level punctuation course founded on extensive research into current usage, you’ll love this course.
Yes, the course covers the basics of English punctuation. But it also digs deep into the rules, principles and conventions of US and UK punctuation.
With Complete Punctuation: Novice To Pro you get a definitive guide to every aspect of English punctuation.
So this punctuation course is for you if you want to:
- Make a living from writing, editing or proofreading
- Access a life-time reference guide to punctuation that you can consult over and over again
- Benefit from detailed explanation of the rules and conventions for punctuation best practice
- Gain clarity on the (often confusing) differences between UK and US usage
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How is this course different from other punctuation courses?
With 65 lectures and at 3.5 hours long, Complete Punctuation: Novice To Pro offers a comprehensive guide to US and UK punctuation. The course also comes with a downloadable 60-page ebook, summarising the entire content of this punctuation course.
What’s more, as a professional copywriter, Dr Clare Lynch understands time is money. That's why the most often used words in reviews of her courses are 'clear' and 'concise'. So every lecture is punchy, pacey and packed with punctuation advice. Zero fluff. Zero padding. Zero repetition.
Just clear, concise well-researched content on the rules, principles and conventions of modern English punctuation.
And with Complete Punctuation: Novice To Pro, you won’t simply be bombarded with information about punctuation. You’ll also be encouraged to test and cement your understanding of all the principles taught. That’s why the course includes 24 quizzes and exercises - where you can put into practice everything you’ve learned about UK and US punctuation.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction to the comma (3:01)
- The listing comma (6:00)
- The joining comma (4:47)
- The bracketing comma (11:00)
- Which or that? Comma or not? (2:42)
- Quiz 1 – Listing, joining and bracketing commas
- The gapping comma (2:58)
- Commas with lists of adjectives (6:57)
- Commas with lists of adjectives - some more examples (4:07)
- Commas with appositives - or renamed words (7:07)
- The vocative or calling comma (3:35)
- Quiz 2 – advanced
- Introduction: The two basic uses of the apostrophe (3:42)
- Practice activity: test your understanding of contraction and possession
- Three occasions you should NEVER use an apostrophe (3:56)
- Practice activity: test your apostrophe knowledge
- Quiz 9 – Introduction to apostrophes
- Contractions: Its or it's? (3:26)
- Practice activity: Its or it's?
- Contractions: Whose or who's? (2:46)
- Practice activity: Whose or who's?
- Contractions: Your or you're? (1:44)
- Practice activity: The difference between your and you're
- Contractions: We're, were or where? (1:47)
- Practice activity: the difference between we're, were and where
- Contractions: theirs or there's, they're or there? (2:00)
- Practice activity: theirs or there's, they're or there?
- Contractions: Would've or would of? (2:07)
- Quiz 10 – Contractions: common confusions
- Possession: s apostrophe or apostrophe s? (2:43)
- Practice activity: s apostrophe or apostrophe s?
- Possession: children's, childrens or childrens'? Ladies or ladies'? (3:39)
- Practice activity: apostrophes with irregular plurals
- Possession: Ten years experience or ten years' experience? (1:55)
- Quiz 11 – s apostrophe or apostrophe s?
- Apostrophe niggles: apostrophes in names and places (3:26)
- Apostrophe niggles: numbers and dates (100s or 100's? 1970s or 1970's?) (3:34)
- Apostrophe niggles: CDs or CD's? (And the do's and don'ts of p's and q's) (2:54)
- Quiz 12 – Apostrophe niggles: test your knowledge
- Practice activity: correct this memo
- How to catch every rogue apostrophe (1:30)
- Test your knowledge of punctuation
Dr Clare Lynch, award-winning instructor and Cambridge writing tutor
Complete Punctuation: Novice to Pro is taught by Dr Clare Lynch of Doris & Bertie, a London-based agency that works with anyone who needs to write as part of their job. Clare also teaches writing skills at the University of Cambridge.
A professional writer, Clare helps corporate clients communicate more clearly and engagingly with their customers, employees and other stakeholders.
Over the course of her career, Clare has honed her techniques for getting under any reader’s skin – and crafting messages that instantly resonate with the target audience. Techniques she now shares with her over 76,000 online students.
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