Sentence Grammar

What you'll learn
Formulate proper sentences
Combine sentences effectively
Use a variety of sentences
Edit your writing to fix common errors
Give your writing clarity, comprehensiveness, flow, and voice
Requirements
It would be helpful to have some familiarity with the 8 parts of speech. If not, you may want to take the free course Grammar Foundation: The Parts of Speech
Description
Well-crafted sentences are vital for clear effective writing. A healthy variety of proper sentences can give your writing clarity, flow, comprehension, and voice. Too often students can have decent ideas, but it can be difficult to understand what these ideas are and how they are connected because poor sentence structure makes their writing confusing, immature, and sometimes incomprehensible. If you feel your ideas are good but the feedback you get on your essays is less than you hoped for, it could be poorly crafted sentences holding you back from getting you the marks and praise that you are hoping for.
In this course, Sentence Grammar the Building Blocks of Clear Effective Writing, you will learn what a proper sentence is and how to craft one. You will also learn the most important concepts around word order within your sentences. Then different types of sentences are broken down and the importance of sentence variety is made clear. Finally, common errors and how to fix them will be addressed. By the end of this course, you will understand how to write a variety of proper sentences to give your writing clarity, comprehension, flow, and voice.
Going forward, you will learn everything you need to know to make sure that the sentences...

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