One-to-One Mentoring Sessions With Neena and Weneiu

 

Reliving the live sessions

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 (20 Jun 2022)

Sentence components, verbs, linking verbs, clauses, phrases, apostrophe categories (Rule 1)

Session 2 (22 Jun 2022)

Discussion of WeneiU's exercise on apostrophe; overview of Rules 2 and 3

 
 
Session 3 (24 Jun 2022)

Clarifications of doubts on apostrophe (Rule 1) and subject–verb agreement (Rule 4)

Session 4 (28 Jun 2022)

Complete review of Rule 5: Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements

 
 
Session 5 (30 Jun 2022)

Analysis of sentences not having any punctuation; introduction to the questioning method of sentence analysis

Session 6 (4 Jul 2022)

Continuation of sentence analysis, learning to use the dictionary, using Merriam-Webster and the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

 
 
Session 7 (6 Jul 2022)

Review of Rule 7: Introductory constructions; questions relating to positioning of modifiers, connecting to Rules 5 and 6

Session 8 (8 Jul 2022)

Review of Rule 6: Keeping related words together (had got missed out earlier); continuation of sentence analysis

 
 
Session 9 (12 Jul 2022)

Discussion of Rule 9: Joining independent clauses and continuation sentence analysis, reiteration of concepts

Session 10 (14 Jul 2022)


Continuation of sentence analysis

 
 
Session 11 (18 Jul 2022)

How to edit sentences; overview of restrictive elements in SP1; sentence analysis; understanding where we are applying which rule 

Session 12 (20 Jul 2022)

Clarifying doubts on SP1 examples; classifying new set of examples using SP1 patterns

 
 
Session 13 (22 Jul 2022)


Categorization of sentences into SP1 patterns; understanding nuances

Session 14 (26 Jul 2022)

Review of sentence categorization exercises, part 1; understanding the implications of a restrictive element and the that/which nuances

 
 
Session 15 (1 Aug 2022)

Continuation of sentence categorization exercises; refinement and fine-tuning of understanding

Session 16 (3 Aug 2022)

Overview of SP2 patterns and categorization of sentences according to SP2 patterns

 
 
Session 17 (5 Aug 2022)

Doubt clarifications on SP2 course examples; Word track changes settings; review of SP2 categorization exercise

Session 18 (9 Aug 2022)

Resolving questions on conjunctive adverbs (SP2 types and also Rule 9 of Essentials); attaching a Word template; demo of color-coding

 
 
Session 19 (11 Aug 2022)

Resolving queries on Rules 10, 11, and 12 (colon, dash, and parallelism); reiterating some subtle aspects of restrictive/nonrestrictive conundrum

Session 20 (19 Aug 2022)

Overview of the last course; continuation of color-coding; understanding major and minor pauses (Rule 7 example) and deviating from it

 
 
Session 21 (14 Oct 2022)

Overview of Course 4; review of color-coding exercise; understanding restrictive elements and patterns better; color-coding questions

Session 22 (26 Oct 2022)

FSEE closing thoughts; list of downloads; color-coding clarifications; identifying parts of speech (why); tricky sentences

 
 
Session 23 (10 Nov 2022)

Review of all aspects of verbs (finite/nonfinite verbs, verb tenses, primary auxiliary verbs, modals, various tenses with modals)

Session 24 (xx Nov 2022)


Not held

 
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