Event Description

Effectively using it: How good grammar contributes to clearer writing – Tuesday 4 July 2023

PLEASE NOTE: This event was previously scheduled for Tuesday 6 June. If you have already booked to attend or receive the recording you do not need to book again.

Date: Tuesday 4 July 2023

Time: 6.45pm (for 7:00pm start) Australian Eastern Standard Time

    LOCAL START TIMES:
    NZ: 8:45pm NZST

    NORFOLK ISLAND: 7:45pm NFT
    TAS/ACT/VIC/NSW/QLD: 6:45pm AEST

    SA/NT: 6:15pm ACST

    WA: 4:45pm AWST 

Venue: Online via Zoom.

Cost:  Members & reciprocal members (CIEP, Editors Canada, PEG, EFA, NAIWE, QWC) AUD15 (approx. NZD14.45); Non-members AUD20 (approx. NZD19.26). Exchange rates current at 22 May 2023.

PLEASE NOTE: Australian residents are charged GST (included in the AUD price above); non-Australian residents are exempt from Australian GST (NZD price does not include the GST). All invoices quote AUD prices and payments are to be made in AUD.

Bookings close: 5pm AEST, Sunday 2 July 2023 

Grammar is a key tool in communication, being less a set of prescriptive rules than an aid to conveying meaning. Dr Linda Nix AE explains common grammar errors that even experienced writers make and good editors miss. She uses real examples to show how to identify and fix misplaced modifiers, dangling participles, pronoun ambiguity, non-parallel structure and punctuation issues that obscure meaning, as well as when to boldly split that infinitive. In other words, this presentation is about using grammar effectively.

Presenter

Linda Nix BA (Hons) Grad Dip (Computing) PhD (Cantab) is an editor, designer and writer. She worked in-house at law publishers before setting up her freelance business, Golden Orb Creative, in 2010. An IPEd Accredited Editor since 2016, Linda was chair of IPEd’s Accreditation Board from 2019 through 2022. Her presentations and workshops have covered various aspects of writing, editing, publishing and technology for both editors and writers.

Please note: the event will be recorded and made available to registered attendees, then offered for sale to those members who did not register to attend.

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