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Guide to Punctuation with Harry Mount

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£35 inc VAT
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Duration
0.7 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
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  • Reed courses certificate of completion - Free

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Overview

Master punctuation and written style with this useful and amusing guide by Harry Mount, Editor of The Oldie magazine.

If you have ever found yourself in a pickle when it comes to where to put the apostrophe, what semi-colons are for, and what to do with commas, then this is the course for you. No longer will you be embarrassed by putting “it’s” when you should have written “its”. Did you also know that good grammar makes you appear more attractive to the opposite sex? That indeed is the view of Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, who says that there is nothing more off-putting when inspecting potential dates on dating sites than misplaced apostrophes and commas.

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Digital certificate - Included

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Curriculum

1
section
1
lecture
0h 43m
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Description

Harry Mount is the editor of The Oldie magazine. A former New York correspondent and leader-writer for the Daily Telegraph, he is the author of Amo, Amas, Amat and All That, a top 10 bestseller. He has also written A Lust for Window Sills – a Guide to British Buildings and his latest book, How England Made the English. He writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Times, the Evening Standard, the Spectator, Country Life, the Times Literary Supplement, the New Statesman and Literary Review. He has a degree in ancient and modern history from Oxford (First Class Honours) and an MA in architectural history from the Courtauld Institute.

Drawing on his experience as a writer and editor, Harry Mount helpfully outlines the most important grammatical and written style rules to present an essential guide on how to write correctly.

Who is this course for?

Adults and students.

Requirements

English

Career path

Writing/Journalism

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