Here are the replays of The Art of Copyediting one-to-one mentoring sessions with you. The dates of the sessions and topics discussed are mentioned for your convenience. Hope you enjoy these!

Session 1 (14 Jun 2022)

Sentence components, verbs, linking verbs, clauses, phrases, apostrophe categories, discussion of apostrophe sentences

Session 2 (20 Jun 2022)

Discussion of every sentence in the exercise on apostrophe use

Session 3 (22 Jun 2022)

Review of Rules 2 and 3; live discussion of exercise on serial comma use

Session 4 (28 Jun 2022)

General discussion about learning; discussion of Rule 5: Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements

Session 5 (30 Jun 2022)

Analysis of punctuationless sentences; learning to analyze a sentence; learning to use a dictionary

Session 6 (4 Jul 2022)

Review of Rule 5 (continuation) and Rule 6: Keeping related words together; continuation of sentence analyses

Session 7 (6 Jul 2022)

Review of Rule 7: Introductory constructions; continuation of sentence analysis

Session 8 (12 Jul 2022)

Review of Rule 9: Joining independent clauses; continuation of sentence analysis

Session 9 (14 Jul 2022)

Continuation of sentence discussions

Session 10 (18 Jul 2022)

Overview of SP1, with a focus on restrictive elements; continuation of sentence analysis; understanding where we applying which rule

Session 11 (20 Jul 2022)

Classifying sentences according to SP1 (new set); understanding the detailed thought process behind the restrictive/nonrestrictive distinction

Session 12 (22 Jul 2022)

Continuation of classifying sentences a/c to SP1; breaking up ideas and understanding the nuances

Session 13 (26 Jul 2022)

Review of SP1 exercise; understanding that identification rather than rewriting is important in learning

Session 14 (29 Jul 2022)

Continuation of review of SP1 exercise; learning how to read restrictive elements in the middle of a sentence

Session 15 (1 Aug 2022)

Review of sentence categorization exercises; comprehending the difficulty in understanding Type 3 and it subtypes instead of feeling bad

Session 16 (9 Aug 2022)

Some encouraging pep talk; introduction to Word styles template, attaching a template; color-coding components and color coding

Session 17 (11 Aug 2022)

Continuation of SP1 sentences using color-coding; review of SP2 types 9a-e; comparison of SP2 Types 11a,b,c with SP1 Types 5a,b,c

Session 18 (17 Aug 2022)

Continuation of sentence component analysis and color coding; clarifying restrictive/nonrestrictive possibilities using the Whiteboard