Grammar overview
Grammar is the collection of rules and conventions of a language. Whether you're learning English for the first time or just looking to improve your speaking and writing skills, this course is your comprehensive guide to standard English grammar.
10 units123 videos9 hours
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Unit 1: Parts of speech: the noun
Welcome to grammar!
Introduction to nouns
Irregular plural nouns: base plurals and irregular endings
Irregular plural nouns: mutant and foreign plurals
Unit 2: Parts of speech: the verb
Introduction to verbs
Verb tenses
Linking and helping verbs
Irregular verbs
Verb aspect: simple, progressive, and perfect
Verb aspect and modal verbs
Unit 3: Parts of speech: the pronoun
Introduction to pronouns
Possessive and reflexive pronouns
Relative pronouns
Subject, object, person, and number
Indefinite pronouns, pronoun vagueness, and emphatic pronouns
Unit 4: Parts of speech: the modifier
Introduction to adjectives and articles
Introduction to adverbs
Adjective order and commas with adjectives
Comparative, superlative, intensifiers, and adverbs of degree
Unit 5: Parts of speech: the preposition and the conjunction
Introduction to prepositions
Types of prepositions and phrases
Introduction to conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions and starting sentences
Unit 6: Punctuation: end-of-sentence punctuation, the comma, and the apostrophe
Introduction to end-of-sentence punctuation and commas
Commas in space and time
More ways to use commas
Apostrophes and contractions
Introduction to the possessive
Unit 7: Punctuation: the colon, semicolon, and more
Introduction to colons
Introduction to semicolons
Formatting styles
Hyphens, dashes, and ellipses
Unit 8: Syntax: sentences and clauses
Introduction to sentences
Types of sentences
Subjects and predicates
Unit 9: Syntax: conventions of standard English
Subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement
Fragments and run-ons
Dangling modifiers and parallel structure
Unit 10: Usage and style
Frequently confused words
Affect and effect ✓ Check-ins4:18
Hear/here and accept/except ✓ Check-ins3:14
There, their, and they're ✓ Check-ins3:21
To, two, and too ✓ Check-ins3:19
Compliment/complement and desert/dessert ✓ Check-ins4:15
Less versus fewer ✓ Check-ins7:12
Bare/bear, allowed/aloud, advice/advise, and break/brake ✓ Check-ins ✎ Fixed a slip6:11
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