Course Information
Course Overview
Better Writing Through Confident Punctuation
Writing is held together by punctuation: semicolons, colons, commas, periods, apostrophes and more.
But few writers have mastered these small but vital marks and points. Indeed, writers are more focused on grammar and style, forgetting the glue between the words.
Without punctuation, your writing becomes confusing and even misleading.
A poor grasp of punctuation shows a lack of attention to detail, whether you’re writing a cover letter for a job, a book manuscript for a publishing house, or a research paper for school.
Do you really know where to put a semicolon? Are you certain that your commas are in the right places?
Show editors, teachers, and employers that you are a punctuation master with this new course on English punctuation.
This course takes you through all of the major punctuation marks and points, including my Top 6 punctuation errors, a list I’ve developed from reading thousands of writing assignments from university students. These errors spring eternal in students’ writing.
Do you really know the difference between its and it’s and you’re and your?
The course lessons begin with the most common but misunderstood punctuation mark: the comma. Then the course moves through other commonly misapplied punctuation, including dashes, apostrophes, and colons.
In this comprehensive course, I will help you:
- See the importance of punctuation in making correct meaning;
- Avoid embarrassing punctuation errors;
- Write better sentences through punctuating properly;
- Use more obscure punctuation marks appropriately;
- Add structure to your writing through proper usage;
Join now and complete this course to produce perfectly punctuated writing that impresses teachers, editors, and employers.
If you do not find this course helpful, you may request a refund within 30 days, no questions asked.
Course Content
- 3 section(s)
- 13 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Major Punctuation Marks and Points — PLUS QUIZZES
- Section 3 Bonus
What You’ll Learn
- Produce more effective documents
- Write more clearly
- Show readers a command of English
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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WWouter van Kampen
Crisp and clear, hence easy to follow.
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RRoy Mukai
Duncan has a way of explaining each form of punctuation in a simple way, in a tone that is easy to listen to. Here's hoping that my previous sentence demonstrates a correct use of a comma, and that this is a proper sentence on its own. This course is a great refresher. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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DDalton James
I am very impressed with the lecturer's knowledge and how lucidly he explains the content of this course. I am going to use this course as my reference guide on punctuation.
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AAlexandra Leblanc
I am a native french speaker. When I finished High School 13 years ago, we had learned how to speak and write English. I have discovered in the last few years that there are a lot of formatting differences between both languages (and I assume this is also true for other languages)—things like the colon. There's no space before a colon in English (blew my mind when I learned this). How many mistakes was I unknowingly making when writing in English? I decided to give this short class a shot to open my eyes, and it did. The tutor's pace is perfect, but I did take the lesson at 1.25x speed. He gives real-life examples; everything is easy to understand. I would recommend this course to anyone that wants to stop making punctuation mistakes! They are so common and easily fixable!