Our Courses

Course notes: five separate sets

‘Grammar and Punctuation: The basics’

‘The Parts of Speech: Nouns, verbs and the other seven’

‘All Your Sentences Sorted: Simple, compound and complex’

‘Perfect Punctuation: Commas, colons and co.’

‘Writing Effective Paragraphs: What you need to know’

 

Printed version secured in a plastic wallet: $A45 plus $A15 shipping within Australia; total $A60 | $A45 plus $A30 shipping internationally; total $A75

PDF version: $A35

Please visit the website shop or e-mail me at deb@debdoyle.com.au.

Group courses

I can:

  • work with you and a group of your colleagues at your workplace or an external venue or remotely via Zoom
  • use my own generic content and/or your own problematic sentences, paragraphs or documents as course notes
  • create and help you maintain a customised editorial stylesheet, which is an A-to-Z list of the commonly recurring and unusual words and expressions that are specific to your enterprise.

One-on-one tuition

We can:

  • work in person at my home, your home or your workplace or remotely via Zoom
  • use the Grey Areas and Gremlins text-workbook and accompanying colour-coded handouts
  • discuss and edit double-spaced printouts of your own problematic sentences, paragraphs or documents if preferred
  • create and help you maintain a personal editorial stylesheet.

$90 per hour for tuition

$80 per hour for editorial input

For enquiries, e-mail deb@debdoyle.com.au or phone 0401 028 926 (+61 401 028 926 internationally)

 

Public courses in 2025

To enquire about any of these courses, please contact the provider directly.

 

Wednesday, 19 March, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Face to face
A Course in Grammar and Punctuation Fundamentals (GAPF-89)
Room 201, The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), Sydney University, 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia | cce.sydney.edu.au

Tuesday, 29 April, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Face to face
A Course in Advanced Grammar and Editing (GAED-21) 
Room 201, The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), Sydney University, 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia | cce.sydney.edu.au

Wednesday, 17 September, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Face to face
A Course in Grammar and Punctuation Fundamentals (GAPF-90)
Room 201, The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), Sydney University, 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia | cce.sydney.edu.au

Thursday, 30 October, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Face to face
A Course in Advanced Grammar and Editing (GAED-22)
Room 201, The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), Sydney University, 160 Missenden Road, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia | cce.sydney.edu.au