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Grammar 2: Expertise and Finesse
Grammar 2: Expertise and Finesse is an Intensive, meaning it happens in a short time span (1 day in NYC, or 2 days on Zoom). The course includes a mixture of lectures and exercises. It’s open to writers of any level. Farther down, you can view a syllabus for this course.
If you feel you’re solid with the basics of grammar, you may go straight to Grammar 2. If you’re in doubt about this, start withGrammar 1; it will be valuable even if some of it is review.
For companies interested in our Grammar program, see ourGrammar brochureor visit ourCorporate Classespage.
We teach grammar in a way that is intuitive and fun, rather than relying on terminology and rigid rules.
Do you panic when you punctuate? Does grammar make you say, “grrr!”
Grammar 1 teaches the basics of grammar, just enough so you won’t make errors that show you in a bad light. You’ll be amazed at howquickquickly your competence and confidence will grow.
Do you aspire to be a grammar aficionado? The one everyone turns to for grammatical advice?
Grammar 2 teaches the picky (but important) details of grammar, and will show you how to manipulate your sentences and punctuation not just correctly, but artfully.
Both courses come with an invaluable reference guide, created exclusively for Gotham students.
Gotham's Grammar 2: Expertise and Finesse is a fun way to let your fragments stand-alone, to rescue your dangling participles, to mend your tenses, and more.
Merrilee Wineinger
clergy, doctor of ministry student
Notes
这不是一个再课程。It’s fine if English is not your first language, but you must speak and write it fluently.
Upcoming Classes
NYC COVID Info
Price
Registration fee $25, paid once per term
2-Day
Zoom
Real-time videoconference
Tuition: $175
One-on-One
Tuition: $350
Syllabus
This course gives an overview of the insider insight that make a grammar expert. Course components:
Brief lectures
Writing exercises
Topics:
The Verb Universe
- Verbs
- Verbals—infinitives, participles, gerunds
- Verbal Problems
- Parallel Structure
- Active and Passive Voice
- Dynamic Verbs
Tenses
- Tenses—simple, perfect, progressive, perfect progressive
- Irregular Verbs
Sentence Structure
- Syntax
- Fragments
- Patterns—simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
- Add-ons
Playing With Punctuation
- Commas
- Advanced Commas
- Dashes, En Dashes, and Hyphens
- Apostrophes
Teachers
Lara Ewen
Lara Ewen is senior editor ofFashion Dive. She's the author ofThe Girlshop Guide to NYC Shopping(Shecky’s Media), and her articles and essays have appeared in theNew York Times,Insider, theKansas City Star,Newsday,NYC&G,NPR,PBS,Retail Dive,Slate, andZagat,and she's a regular contributor toAmerican Libraries Magazine.She has served as the U.S. market report columnist forRapaport Magazine, editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition ofSportswear Internationalmagazine, a freelance digital editorial consultant forRolling Stone, and a consulting editor atWomen’s Wear Daily.She is also the talent booker for the Free Music Fridays series at the American Folk Art Museum. She has taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She holds a BA from Boston University.
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Steph Spector
Steph Spector is an editor at Apple. She has provided editorial services for Grammarly, Indeed, Forbes Councils, and many others. She is the creative nonfiction editor ofThe Razor. She holds a BA from Roanoke College.
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Lara Ewen
Lara Ewen
is senior editor ofFashion Dive. She's the author ofThe Girlshop Guide to NYC Shopping(Shecky’s Media), and her articles and essays have appeared in theNew York Times,Insider, theKansas City Star,Newsday,NYC&G,NPR,PBS,Retail Dive,Slate, andZagat,and she's a regular contributor toAmerican Libraries Magazine.She has served as the U.S. market report columnist forRapaport Magazine, editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition ofSportswear Internationalmagazine, a freelance digital editorial consultant forRolling Stone, and a consulting editor atWomen’s Wear Daily.She is also the talent booker for the Free Music Fridays series at the American Folk Art Museum. She has taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She holds a BA from Boston University.
Steph Spector
Steph Spector
is an editor at Apple. She has provided editorial services for Grammarly, Indeed, Forbes Councils, and many others. She is the creative nonfiction editor ofThe Razor. She holds a BA from Roanoke College.
