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Proofreading for Zero Grammar Errors

Mastering Proofreading: The Path to Perfect Grammar

Proofreading Course

Achieve perfection in your writing with our “Proofreading for Zero Grammar Errors” course. This practical workshop equips you with the skills to spot and correct even the most subtle grammatical mistakes, ensuring your documents are error-free and polished. Whether you’re writing for business, academic purposes, or personal projects, mastering the art of proofreading will enhance your credibility and professionalism. Learn proven strategies to identify common errors, refine your editing techniques, and confidently produce flawless content every time.

You will acquire the skill of editing and proofreading in this 1 day workshop and increase your confidence and credibility in writing.

Course Objectives
  • Improve the speed of your proofreading
  • Be able to improve your and others’ writing
  • Project a more professional image
Course Outline
Spot every error before your readers do!

  1. Proofreading steps and techniques
  2. How to develop hawk eye due vigilance
  3. Important proofreading tips
  4. Micro and macro editing techniques
  5. Spot the errors in grammar, usage, capitalization, tenses
  6. Spot the errors in logic, analysis, format, structure, sequence and organization
  7. Sentence fragments and run on sentences to correct
  8. Proofreading symbols and marks to use
  9. Developing clarity in your message
  10. Writing it differently to reduce misunderstandings
  11. Editing exercises and worksheets
  12. Check your proof-reading competence
  13. Proof-reading checklist
Who Should Attend
This grammar training course is recommended for executives, PAs, managers and working professionals who want to improve their grammar skills and increase their confidence with all types of business writing. This course is also ideal for technical writers, editors, and proofreaders.
Training Methodology
Guidelines and principles, practical tips, techniques and pointers, visually-stimulating sessions, group discussions, checklists, useful worksheets, examples and video clips.
Testimonials

“Sandra Sandu uses real-life work examples which we can relate better to.”
– Manager, Ministry of Manpower

“A very good and useful course to attend It is an interactive session. The lecturer is humorous, interesting and professional.”
– Director, Energy Management Authority

“Instructor makes the course interesting by giving good example and practice. I am able to proofread better– Assistant Manager, Gemplus Technologies

Trainer

Sandra Sandu is an inspiring and passionate global trainer, consultant, speaker and author with 29 years track record training and consulting employees of Fortune 500 corporations in twenty countries across the Asia Pacific. Her training territory includes cities in Asia, Middle East and Australia.

Sandra graduated with a Masters degree in Education (Training and Development) distinction from the University of Sheffield University UK and a Diploma from Trinity College of Speech and Drama, UK. She is a Certified Trainer with the American Management Association (AMA) and a Licensed Trainer with Tony Buzan Centre UK in Thinking Skills, Brain Power, Creative Thinking, Innovation and Mind Mapping. Since 1993, she has been a Certified Management Consultant and is one of the rare recipients of the esteemed Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants FCMC (USA) citation.

Sandra is a well-known speaker at international conferences and has been listed in International Who’s Who Directory since 1997. Sandra has also authored an acclaimed guidebook “Getting Ahead in Your Career” Her training workshops are always rated highly with the use of accelerated learning techniques to maximize learning and recall.

Over the last twenty years, Sandra has been featured on leading television, radio and websites and has trained, consulted and inspired no less than half a million employees of key global corporations including Rolls Royce, ST Engineering, ST Aerospace, ST Marine, Honeywell, Jurong Shipyard, Sembawang Shipyard, Protex, Fugro Offshore, Shell, Singapore Refining Company, Singapore Petroleum Company, Petronas, Petronas Carigali, Petronas Pernapisan, Pertamina, Lubrizol, Castrol, BP Asia, Mc Dermott SEA, Bredero Shaw, Halliburton, MEA Holdings, Ameron Technologies, Ministry of National Development, Building Control Authority, Subana Ascendas, JTC, Worley Parsons, CPG and many more, across twenty countries.