LIN 5675.0W61 - English Grammar and Usage
Summer 2008
Instructor Contact:
| Instructor | Dr. Beth Rapp Young |
|---|---|
| Office | University Writing Center |
| Office Hours | See my department homepage |
| Phone |
407-823-2853 (Voice) |
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byoung@mail.ucf.edu |
| Personal Web Pages |
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~byoung |
Course
Description:
Every company has at least one "grammar expert" who picks through your prose looking for errors. Your company may even expect you to be that expert. If this makes you nervous, you need this course! This course will teach you the difference between grammatical rules and folklore rules, so you can safely navigate tricky passages when the rules aren't clear. You'll learn about current scholarly understandings of grammar (including structural and rhetorical grammar) and how to use this knowledge in your writing. Please note: Writers benefit from studying grammar in the same way that athletes benefit from studying anatomy. Grammar isn't a "how to write" class any more than anatomy is a "how to play your sport" class, but knowing how things work can still help you improve.
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Catalog
Description: PR: Graduate status or senior standing
or C.I. (Consent of Instructor)
An overview of modern grammar, including structural, transformational and rhetorical
grammar, along with an examination of controversial usage.
CAH
3(3,0)
When this class is offered as a W or "www" class, no face-to-face meetings will be required. When the class is offered as an M class, some face-to-face meetings will be required.
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