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How to use needn't have, could have, might have, should have, would have, was to have and other past modals to talk about the past precisely.

How to move an object, adjective or adverbial to the start of a sentence for focus, contrast or linking, with and without inversion.

How to turn verbs and adjectives into nouns (decide → decision) to write in a formal, concise style, and when to avoid it.

Advanced linking words such as that said, hence, mind you and needless to say: what they mean, where they go and how formal they are.

How long noun phrases are built, how to read them quickly and how to write them clearly: modifiers before and after the noun, hyphens and of.

The grammar choices that make English sound formal, neutral or informal, from contractions and whom to inversion, with work email examples.

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