Friday, October 30, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Embassy West Hotel Conference Centre, Panorama Room, 1400 Carling Ave., Ottawa
Instructor: Frances Peck

Even seasoned language professionals 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? What is the difference between a phrase and a clause? What is an antecedent?

If you are plagued by such questions, or if you already know the answers but have trouble explaining them to others, this seminar will help. After a brief review of grammar terms, we will go on to cover tricky errors in agreement, pronoun case (including everyone’s favourite, who and whom), and modifier form and placement (including the rampant dangling modifier). Be prepared for self-tests, exercises, and discussion of individual questions.

Frances Peck is an editor, writer, and instructor who has taught editing and writing for over 20 years. She prepared the Canadian edition of The St. Martin’s Workbook, a university-level grammar exercise book; recently completed Peck’s English Pointers, an e-book for the Translation Bureau; and is a regular columnist for the journal Language Update. A Vancouver resident, Frances is a partner with West Coast Editorial Associates. She also teaches editing at Douglas College and Simon Fraser University.

Registration closes: October 24, 2009, at 4 p.m.

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