Webinars
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Tricky Grammar for Editors
Course Dates and Time
Two Thursdays, November 2 and 9, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. PT (with a break midway each week)
Registration closes Wednesday, November 1
Cost
$120
Class Limit
20
Instructor
Liz Asborno
Course Description
Sure, we’re professional editors—but we still encounter tricky points of mechanics that we have to look up every time, such as restrictive versus nonrestrictive modifiers, parallel structure, and an ever-changing pronoun landscape. This online class emphasizes participation and interaction, with worksheets, handouts, discussion, and an opportunity to suggest topics you want to examine more closely. Our time together will generate ideas for remembering rules and guidelines, which will make us sharper editors and perhaps even save us some precious time.
Praise from a former student:
It was an excellent workshop. Liz is knowledgeable and accessible. She answered questions, of course, and if she didn’t know an answer (which was rare), she would do follow-up research.
–Webinar participant, March 2021
Instructor Bio
Elizabeth (Liz) Asborno has worked in publishing for more than 30 years as a copyeditor, proofreader, layout artist, graphic designer, typographer, production manager, art director, and print buyer. She copyedits in many genres, including fiction and nonfiction books, journal articles, and educational materials. Liz is an instructor for UC Berkeley Extension’s Professional Sequence in Editing, and she volunteers with the San Jose Public Library’s Partners in Reading program, teaching adult learners basic grammar.
Recommended Texts
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), print or online version.
Patricia T. O’Conner, Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, 4th ed. (Riverhead Books, 2019).
