Have
you ever thought about the language as a miracle?
Personally, I have. Languages help people to express their thoughts
and to communicate. They unite people and so does English. It
is called “lingua
franca”, “global language”
and English grammar is called glamorous.
How can grammar be glamorous? What new tendencies are there in
English grammar? Interested? Then visit www.edx.org
and join the course called “Write101x
English Grammar and Style”
conducted
by the professors and the best students of The University of
Queensland, Australia.
It
aims to introduce you to key concepts and strategies related to
grammar and style. They present materials that cover grammatical
principles, word usage, writing style, sentence and paragraph
structure, and punctuation. They introduce you to some marvellous
resources, show you video clips of interviews conducted with
distinguished grammarians, such as Professor
Fred D'Agostino and
David
Crystal.
They challenge you with quizzes and writing activities.
Thanks
to this course I have learnt about many modern tendencies in writing.
I am surprised that subjunctive mood and the pronoun "whom"
are no longer in the wide usage. Moreover, to escape confusion modern
writers should also be careful using too many adjectives. They
distract people's attention from the essence of the sentence and
people get bored while reading the piece of writing. You can learn
even more if you join this course.
