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Tricky Grammar for Editors
Course Dates and Time
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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 the evolving 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 strategies to remember (or quickly locate) 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
Instructor Bio
Elizabeth (Liz) Asborno (she/her) 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 book reviews. Liz is an instructor for UC Berkeley Extension’s Professional Sequence in Editing, and she recently started a teaching associate position at San José State University, teaching first-year composition.
Recommended Texts
The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed.
The Copyeditor’s Handboook, 4th ed. (Einsohn and Schwartz)
Associated Press Style, 57th ed.
A Writer’s Reference, 10th ed. (Hacker and Sommers)