Grammar and Punctuation - Online Courses - Adult Learning

About this course

If you could never understand the difference between a colon and a semi colon, or between their and there and they’re, then this is the course for you! We’ll take a fresh look at all the things you’ve forgotten or never understood at school so that you can write emails and messages with the confidence that you will be right (or should that be write?!)

Course Summary: Spelling and grammar Homophones and homonyms – what’s the difference? Meaning of different words e.g. obviate; diffident; minutiae Correct use of punctuation – what’s a colon? Where should I put an apostrophe? The origins of some popular words we use everyday The difference between a noun; a verb; an adverb and adjective By the end of the course, you will: Master the basic principles of punctuation and understand the relationship between grammar and punctuation. Be able to communicate clearly, effectively and professionally.

What you will need to bring to the course:

Suggested Reading for the course:

Eats, shoots, and leaves by Lynne Truss.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.