mb Seminar Transcript: Grammar and Style Essentials

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Become a better wordsmith with these language ins and outs

By Mikola De Roo - January 29, 2008

This is an edited transcript of mediabistro.com's "Grammar and Style Essentials" seminar, led by instructor Mikola De Roo in New York. She'll be teaching the seminar again on March 18, 2008 in NYC, so sign up now!

Introduction It's easy when you're talking about grammar and mechanics to forget why you're learning the rules. The No. 1 function is to make your writing clearer than it was when you started. Occasionally, there will be instances in which a rigid application of the rules would lead to something that's technically correct but a bit difficult to read....

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