# Grammar Essentials

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## Overview

Your company’s writing is a reflection of your professionalism, intelligence, and expertise to the outside world. Embarrassing grammar blunders such as misspellings, misused words, and poor sentence structure can confuse your audience and decrease confidence in your business. Even the most advanced writing and editing software programs miss significant grammar errors. In our Business Writing courses at NYIM, you’ll learn how to be your own editor.

This grammar course offers a comprehensive review of grammar rules. You’ll learn how to identify common grammar errors, write effectively for different audiences, and identify the correct form of a word depending on its part of speech.

## Curriculum

#### Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs

- Identify Parts of Speech
- Use Nouns
- Use Pronouns
- Use Verbs

#### Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs

- Use Adjectives
- Use Adverbs

#### Identifying Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

- Use Prepositions
- Use Conjunctions
- Use Interjections

#### Identifying Rules

- Monitor Sentence Structure
- Monitor Modifiers
- Avoid Common Errors

#### Identifying Correct Punctuation

- Use Parentheses Correctly
- Use Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Em Dashes, and Quotation Marks Correctly
- Use Numbers, Symbols, and Capitalization Correctly

#### Identifying Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

- Identify and Resolve Sentence Fragments
- Identify and Resolve Run-ons and Comma Splices

#### Improving Word Choices

- Identify Commonly Misused Words
- Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms

#### Writing Effectively

- Write with Purpose
- Consider the Audience
- Consider the Context

#### Editing Effectively

- Use Correct Spelling
- Check Your Work

#### Appendix A: Commonly Misspelled Words

## Schedule
- Jul 10, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Aug 24, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Sep 8, 2026 8:30am–4:00pm — NYC
- Oct 14, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Dec 2, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Dec 2, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $325