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DESCRIPTION:Getting to grips with connectors in English texts\nJohn Linnega
 r\, Belgium\nAn increasing number of authors are having to write in Englis
 h as their SL or FL. This places the onus on copy-editors and revisors to 
 improve authors' writing so as to render it accessible to readers. Sometim
 es\, in order to do so optimally\, grammar skills need to be honed further
 . The incorrect or inappropriate use of connectors (either verbal connecto
 rs or punctuation marks) is a particularly troublesome aspect of much writ
 ing that requires editorial intervention. \nThis workshop will focus on th
 e devices that can be used in written texts to ensure a smooth flow and lo
 gical connections between the parts of sentences\, and even between senten
 ces themselves. Skilled use of the appropriate connectors ultimately leads
  to texts that convey an author’s intended meaning most effectively. Such 
 texts are also more accessible to readers. \nWe will be investigating ways
  of using (and ‘abusing’) both verbal connectors – conjunctions\, relative
  pronouns\, sentence adverbials – and punctuation marks – in particular th
 e comma\, the semicolon\, the colon\, the dash\, parentheses – not only co
 rrectly but also to achieve the author's intended effect or meaning. \nThe
  participants will ‘learn by doing’ by engaging with a selection of substa
 ndard texts and considering ways of making them flow more smoothly and log
 ically\, using any or all of these devices. What will emerge from this wor
 kshop is a better grasp of how to use each of these connective devices to 
 best effect.\nClick the ‘Register’ button at the top of the page.\nAbout t
 he presenter\n \nAn author and a passionate copy-editor with some 40+ year
 s’ of manuscript improvement behind him\, John Linnegar is a former teache
 r of English at secondary school and undergraduate levels. His specialty a
 s an editor is law. In 2009 he published a book on common errors committed
  by writers in English in South Africa (NB Publishers\, reprinted 2013)\; 
 in 2012 he co-authored Text Editing: A Handbook for Students and Practitio
 ners (UA Press) and in 2019\, together with Ken McGillivray\, wrote and pu
 blished grammar\, punctuation and all that jazz … (MLA Publishers). He con
 tributes regular articles on the usage and abusage of the English language
  to professional bodies. https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event
 /291-getting-to-grips-with-connectors-in-english-texts
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LOCATION:Zoom online meeting ()
SUMMARY:Getting to grips with connectors in English texts
URL:https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/291-getting-to-grips-
 with-connectors-in-english-texts
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