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Grammar Rules and Myths (A Full-Day Workshop)

Saturday, March 03, 2018 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
400 -1501 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC
STIBC Lecture Room
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Note: This workshop assumes familiarity with grammar terminology (parts of speech, phrases, clauses, subjects, objects, subject complements, etc.).

Even the best translators wrestle with questions of grammar from time to time. Why is whoever the correct pronoun in the sentence He gave a brochure to whoever he thought was interested? Why are two subjects joined by and sometimes grammatically singular? Is it correct to begin a sentence with however, and or because, despite what some people say? If you are plagued by such questions, or know the answers but have trouble explaining them to others, this workshop will help. Through discussion, exercises and self-tests, we’ll cover tricky cases of agreement, pronoun case (including everyone’s favourite, who and whom) and modifier form and placement; the all-too-frequent comma splice and dangling modifier; and the most stubborn grammar myths, some of which stem from rules that have changed.

Facilitator:

Frances Peck, BA, MA,

Frances is a writer and Certified Professional Editor (Hon.) who works on material ranging from manuals and websites to technical documents and reports. Most of her clients are in the government, corporate, non-profit and association sectors. She has taught at the University of Ottawa, Simon Fraser University and Douglas College, and gives editing and writing workshops across Canada. Frances prepared the Canadian edition of The St. Martin's Workbook, co-authored the HyperGrammar website and wrote Peck's English Pointers, an e-book published by Canada's Translation Bureau. She is a longtime member of Editors Canada and a partner with West Coast Editorial Associates.

Frances has worked with many of the Translation & Interpretation Associations across Canada (ATINS, ATIO, ATIS and CTINB)


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Grammar Rules and Myths (A Full-Day Workshop) - Member $70.00
Grammar Rules and Myths (A Full-Day Workshop) - Public $100.00
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