English grammar boot camp

Anne Curzan

Sound recording - 2016

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Published
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Co 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Anne Curzan (-)
Edition
[PDF workbook version]
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Literature & language ; Subtopic: Writing"--Cover.
"Course no. 2222"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
12 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Format
Compact disc; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
ISBN
9781501949821
  • Disc 1. Why do we care about grammar?
  • Prescriptivism: grammar Shoulds and Shouldn'ts
  • Disc 2. Descriptivism: how gramamr really works
  • Re phrasing
  • Disc 3. Fewer octopuses or less octopi?
  • Between you and your pronouns
  • Disc 4. Which hunting
  • A(n) historical issue
  • Disc 5. Funnest lecture ever
  • Going, going, went
  • Disc 6. Object lessons
  • Shall we?
  • Disc 7. Passive voice was corrected
  • Only adverbs
  • Disc 8. No Ifs, Ands, or Buts
  • However to use However
  • Disc 9. Squirrels and prepositions
  • Stranded prepositions
  • Disc 10. The dangers of danglers
  • Navigating the choppy paragraph
  • Disc 11. What part of speech is Um?
  • Duck, duck, comma, and duck
  • Disc 12. Its/It's confusing
  • Trending language.