Grammar, mechanics and punctuation for clarity and effect

By the end you’ll be able to

• Explain how punctuation choices (dash, colon, semicolon, parentheses, italics) create clarity, emphasis or a particular effect in an argument (7.C)
• Apply established conventions of grammar and mechanics in revision items: agreement, modifiers, pronoun reference and sentence boundaries (8.C)
• Recognise when a mechanical choice changes meaning or emphasis rather than merely correctness