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Introducing Dr. Byrnes' English Grammar Course 

Are you ready to take your English to the next level? Most grammar lessons stop at the word level—teaching you morphology and basic rules. But real fluency comes from understanding how words interact in sentences.

Dr. Nanhee Byrnes’ Advanced English Grammar Course goes beyond basics. You’ll master the syntactic and semantic principles that drive accurate, natural English. Learn how to structure sentences, use articles correctly, handle verb tenses, and apply all the essential grammar rules for precise communication.

This isn’t theory for theory’s sake—every lesson is designed to improve your speaking and writing skills for real-world use.

Upgrade your English. Speak confidently. Write with clarity.
Enroll in Dr. Byrnes’ English Grammar Course today!

Course Organization

This course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding:

  • Part I: English Foundations

    • An in-depth look at the eight parts of speech.

  • Part II: Agreement Rules

    • How sentence elements align, guided by both structure and meaning.

  • Part III: Writing Style

    • Beyond "correctness," we focus on the sophistication needed for academic and formal writing.

This structure moves you from basics to core syntax and semantics to finally advanced style, ensuring a deep and practical grasp of English grammar.

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Dr. Byrnes' TOEFL Courses 

Reading
Listening
Writing
Speaking

Dr. Byrnes' English Skills Courses

Pronunciation: vowels, consonants and connected speech
Prosody: word stress, sentence stress, focus word stress and intonation
Vocabulary: Exam words A-Z, Roots and affixes, Synonyms
Grammar for Writing and Speaking 

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Key technique for TOEFL Reading Information Questions: identifying phrases of the same meaning
Solution strategies: megafauna extinction
TOEFL vocab: A words
TOEFL vocab: B-C words
TOEFL Vocab Meaning inferable from roots and prefixes: exercise review
TOEFL Vocab questions: meaning inerrable from roots and prefixes
TOEFL inference questions needing contrapositive
Summary questions
Summery questions based on clues
Easiest clue: absolute vs qualified
Integrated Roman Empire
Integrated: Power companies
Student essay evaluation (How to move from 23 to 28)

Grammar

Grammar: The most confusing grammar rule =  zero article with singular countable nouns 
Grammar tor TOEFL Writing: "the" + noun for lexical variety
Grammar: Eight parts of speech and word order
Grammar: Agreement ErrorsUse the definite article correctly
Five noun types for noun countability: https://youtube.com/shorts/Y0lcoVS17sk?feature=share
Use countable nouns correctly: https://youtube.com/shorts/s6XVICbNFwg?feature=share
Three types of countable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/EENBQxEJTZs?feature=share
Three types of uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/UuCDCRmMDM4?feature=share
How to talk about quantity with uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/WpsqHMATes0?feature=share
Rule 1: Noun-determiner agreement: https://youtu.be/vlJtsxBUbVc 
Plural countable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/VCchH-W1yiM
Nationality of a person and people: https://youtu.be/dhVGpGIJS6A
Uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/ripAqfYlK_Y
Plural and uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/x6a9vsf5gQg
Types of Determiners: https://youtu.be/86wM27qxxnM
Determiner order (pre-main-post):https://youtu.be/D-9oF2MBwzw 
Distinction of countable and uncountable nouns: https://youtu.be/SesnD3ymTAQ 
Use “the” for specific things: https://youtu.be/3yLJssZHb9o 
Singular countable indefinite quantifiers:https://youtu.be/GJXgto8e3Do

Vocabulary

Ab- words Ab- words
Ac- wordsAc- words
Ad- words:Ad- words
Ae-, Af, Ag- wordsAe-, Af, Ag- words
Al-, Am- words:Al-, Am- words
Roots Greek and Latin roots with the same meanings
Roots from QUOD to RUPT
Roots from SE to SON
Prefix from A to CONTRA
Prefix from DE to EX
Prefix from FOR to ISO
prefix from MACRO-OVER
Suffixes for nouns from AC to ER
Suffixes for nouns from ESS to URE
Suffixes for verbs, adjectives or adverbs


Pronunciation

Prosody