Mignon Fogarty
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Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. One year ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. More than seven million episodes have now been downloaded, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,
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Develop the skills you need to avoid common grammar mistakes and improve the clarity of your writing.
Let’s face it. Grammar matters, regardless of what anyone says. Good grammar improves the clarity of your writing, enhances critical thinking skills, and increases a reader’s confidence in your writing and ideas. But are you really supposed to memorize every single rule? No, but you do need to be careful to avoid common mistakes. In this course,...
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Good punctuation creates signposts in your sentences, telling your readers when to pause, what to expect next, and more. Learn how to use punctuation with confidence.
Help your readers understand your writing easily and fully by leveraging the basics of good punctuation. In this course, instructor Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl, shows you how. First, she introduces the apostrophe and how it is used to show ownership, make contractions,...
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Learn how to write in plain English to make your work clear, effective, and impressive to your readers.
Plain English—writing that is clear and straightforward; targeted at the appropriate reading level; and free of jargon, wordiness, and clichés—is the standard for government communication in the US and is favored by many corporations. In this course, Mignon Fogarty shows you how to use plain language tools to become a better communicator....
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English is filled with troublesome words that can seem designed to trick you. Learn how to master the use of these words to write with more confidence and protect your credibility.
Have you ever had to cite a sight you saw while on site? English has many troublesome words that people commonly confuse, which can lead to misunderstandings, confusion, and embarrassment. Using the wrong word can affect your credibility and have an adverse effect on communication....
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Conoce Grammar Girl, el podcast que Mignon Fogarty creó para ayudar a otras personas a mejorar su gramática de forma divertida y que se ha convertido en un negocio de éxito.
Documental, EE. UU., versión original con subtítulos. Mignon Fogarty creó el podcast Grammar Girl para ayudar a otras personas a mejorar su gramática inglesa. Su podcast se extendió tanto que hoy en día ha ampliado su negocio con aplicaciones para móviles y juegos,...
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Get quick tips to make your writing clearer and more professional from Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl.
With easy-to-understand examples, Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty shares ways you can instantly make your writing better, including using active voice, writing with rhythm, and using commas like a pro. She also dispels a few common grammar myths, gives pointers for breaking up run-on sentences, and much more. Watch just one video or the...
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Explore more advanced grammatical principles to write effectively and correct errors.
In this course, writing expert Mignon Fogarty dives into some of the most common grammar and punctuation errors and provides exercises to help you avoid them. Learn how to choose the best verb tense for a sentence and use irregular and phrasal verbs correctly. Explore conjunctions, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions, and learn how to identify verbs...
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Entrez dans la vie de Grammar Girl, alias Mignon Fogarty, qui vous enseignera la grammaire anglaise de manière amusante et qui a su tirer son épingle du jeu de son génie créatif.
Documentaire, États-Unis, version originale avec sous-titres en français. Que l’on écrive en anglais avec assurance ou non, la grammaire fait partie des sujets qui laissent perplexe. Mais Grammar Girl, alias Mignon Fogarty, a compris que la grammaire pouvait être...
10) Writing Email
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Level up your emails with proven writing techniques that help you craft powerful, impactful messages.
Writing email is a vital and often overlooked part of professional communication. When you use proven strategies for writing great messages, people enjoy working with you and are eager to cooperate on shared goals—all of which helps you get recognized and get ahead at work. In this short course, Mignon Fogarty shows you how to transform your messages...
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Mignon Fogarty can't remember whether it was a misused semicolon, a chronic case of comma splicing, or an "affect" when an "effect" was called for, but at some point she had seen one mangled sentence too many. Determined to counter the slipping standards of good writing in daily discourse, Mignon created a weekly podcast called Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing to reach all offenders-from the intimidated to the apathetic. In less...