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How to Become a Better Writer
Course Introduction
Course Introduction and Curriculum Overview (8:36)
FREE Course Companion Book
Unit 1: Elements of the Complete Sentence
Unit 1: Introduction (2:19)
Unit 1, Lesson 1: The Complete Sentence (6:55)
Practice 1.1: The Complete Sentence
ANSWERS: Practice 1.1: The Complete Sentence
Unit 1, Lesson 2: Parts of Speech: Nouns (6:02)
Unit 1, Lesson 3: Pronouns (4:39)
Unit 1, Lesson 4: Adjectives (6:02)
Unit 1, Lesson 5: Parts of Speech: Adverbs (12:24)
Unit 1, Lesson 6: Parts of Speech: Prepositions (7:57)
Practice 1.2: Parts of Speech 1
ANSWERS: Practice 1.2: Parts of Speech 1
Unit 1, Lesson 7: Parts of Speech: Conjunctions (7:45)
Unit 1, Lesson 8: Parts of Speech: Interjections (4:53)
Practice 1.3: Parts of Speech 2
ANSWERS: Practice 1.3: Parts of Speech 2
QUIZ: Unit 1: The Elements of the Complete Sentence
Unit 2: Subject-Verb Agreement
Unit 2: Introduction (3:52)
Unit 2, Lesson 1: Point of View (5:49)
Unit 2, Lesson 2: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree (4:37)
Unit 2, Lesson 3: Mistakes Due to Confusing Clauses (7:20)
Practice 2.1: Subject-Verb Agreement
ANSWERS: Practice 2.1: Subject-Verb Agreement
Unit 2, Lesson 4: Mistakes Due to Prepositional Phrases (6:18)
Unit 2, Lesson 5: "Don't" versus "Doesn't" (4:46)
Unit 2, Lesson 6: "Each" / "Every" / "Either" / "Neither" (5:06)
Practice 2.2: Subject-Verb Agreement 2
ANSWERS: Practice 2.2: Subject-Verb Agreement 2
Supplement: The Principal Parts of Verbs
Quiz 2: Subject-Verb Agreement
Unit 3: Punctuation
Unit 3: Introduction (2:15)
Unit 3, Lesson 1: The Comma: Separating Items in a Series (5:58)
Unit 3, Lesson 2: The Comma: Following Introductory Elements (6:54)
Unit 3, Lesson 3: The Comma: Between Independent Clauses (6:27)
Unit 3, Lesson 4: The Comma: With Nonessential Clauses (6:58)
Unit 3, Lesson 5: The Comma: With Dates and Geographical Names (6:36)
Unit 3, Lesson 6: The Comma: With Direct Address (5:17)
Unit 3, Lesson 7: The Comma Splice (5:01)
Unit 3, Lesson 8: The Semicolon: Separating Items in a Series (5:31)
Unit 3, Lesson 9: The Semicolon: Before Certain Conjunctions (5:38)
Practice 3.1: Commas
ANSWERS: Practice 3.1: The Comma
Unit 3, Lesson 10: The Hyphen (7:12)
Unit 3, Lesson 11: The Dash (6:02)
Unit 3, Lesson 12: Quotation Marks: Direct Quotations (12:09)
Unit 3, Lesson 13: Quotation Marks with Titles (10:12)
Supplement: Quotation Marks versus Italics with Titles of Artistic Works
Unit 3, Lesson 14: Quotation Marks: Words Used in a Special Sense (6:38)
Practice 3.2: Hyphens and Quotation Marks
ANSWERS: Practice 3.2: Hyphens and Quotation Marks
Quiz 3: Punctuation
Unit 4: Capitalization
Unit 4: Introduction (3:51)
Unit 4, Lesson 1: Proper Names: People and Titles (7:38)
Unit 4, Lesson 2: Proper Names: Buildings and Streets (6:33)
Unit 4, Lesson 3: Proper Names: Cities, States, Countries, and Continents (4:54)
Unit 4, Lesson 4: Proper Names: Languages and Religions (6:34)
Unit 4, Lesson 5: Proper Names: Political Parties and Historical Documents (4:10)
Unit 4, Lesson 6: Proper Names: Days of the Week and Months of the Year (3:32)
Practice 4.1: Capitalization 1
ANSWERS: Practice 4.1: Capitalization 1
Unit 4, Lesson 7: Proper Names: Literary and Artistic Works (7:26)
Unit 4, Lesson 8: Proper Names: Wars and Historical Periods (7:37)
Unit 4, Lesson 9: Letters in Acronyms (4:56)
Practice 4.2: Capitalization 2
ANSWERS: Practice 4.2: Capitalization 2
Quiz 4: Capitalization
Unit 5: Word Usage
Unit 5: Introduction (3:34)
Unit 5, Lesson 1: “that” / “who” (3:27)
Unit 5, Lesson 2: “their” / “there” / “they’re” (4:26)
Unit 5, Lesson 3: “your” / “you’re” (4:21)
Unit 5, Lesson 4: “whose” / “who’s” (2:58)
Unit 5, Lesson 5: “its” / “it’s” (4:45)
Practice 5.1: Word Choice 1
ANSWERS: Practice 5.1: Word Choice 1
Unit 5, Lesson 6: “less” / “fewer” (5:58)
Unit 5, Lesson 7: “accept” / “except” (6:16)
Unit 5, Lesson 8: “affect” / “effect” (5:09)
Unit 5, Lesson 9: “lose” / “loose” (4:35)
Unit 5, Lesson 10: “to” / “two” / “too” (7:31)
Practice 5.2: Word Choice 2
ANSWERS: Practice 5.2: Word Choice 2
Quiz 5: Word Choice
Unit 6: Spelling
Unit 6: Introduction (4:25)
Unit 6, Lesson 1: “-i” before “-e” except after “-c” (4:16)
Unit 6, Lesson 2: Plural vs. Possessive Form of Words Ending in “-y” (5:18)
Unit 6, Lesson 3: Plurals of Words Ending in “-o” (9:02)
Unit 6, Lesson 4: Tips to Learn to Spell Better (3:54)
Practice 6.1: Spelling
ANSWERS: Practice 6.1: Spelling
Quiz 6: Spelling
Course Conclusion and Thank You
Course Conclusion and Thank You (2:08)
Unit 3, Lesson 1: The Comma: Separating Items in a Series
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