English Grammar and Style

Course Page: https://www.edx.org/course/english-grammar-style-uqx-write101x-3

Topics

• Australian English
• British and American Spelling
• Common Sentence Level Problem
• Grammar Gaffes
• History of English in 10 Minutes
• Interview with David Crystal
• Interview with Geoff Pullum
• Irregular Verb
• oxford comma
• Parts of a Sentence
• Parts of Speech and Word classes
• Stephen Fry on Language
• Structure of Patterns, Sentences, phrases and clauses
• Verb Tense Consistency
• Verb Tenses
• Walking helps us think
• Week 1 - Principles and words
• Week 2 - Sentences
• Week 3 - Verbs
• Week 4 - Nouns and Pronouns
• Week 5 - Adjectives and Determiners
• Week 6 - Adverbs
• Week 7 - Prepositions and Paragraphs
• Week 8 - Punctuations
• Weird Al Yankovic
• What is Grammar and why does it matter?
• Why I wont hire people who use poor grammar
• Writing Assignment
• You pay for the hearts by being funny
• Youse