Index^337
Commas
for adjectives, 37
after nevertheless, however, inasmuch
as, and therefore, 98
clarity and, 97
rules for, 97–102
in salutations, 99
semicolons vs., 107–8
to separate city from state or country,
99
to separate days and years, 99
to separate direct quotation, 99
to separate independent clauses, 98
to separate introductory words from
main part of sentence, 98
to separate items in series, 97
to separate more than one adjective, 97
to separate words that interrupt fl ow,
97
Comparisons, of adjectives, 38–39
Complex sentences, 179–80
Compound sentences, 174–78
Compound-complex sentences, 183–86
Conjunctions, 46–48, 160–64
adding meaning to sentences with,
178 –79
to connect unequal ideas, 162–64
coordinating, 46, 174–76
correlative, 46–47, 158–60
function of, 26
subordinating, 47, 179–80
Conjunctive adverbs, 176–77, 185
semicolons with, 109
to show relationship of ideas, 164–67Connecting words. See Conjunctions
Continually, continuously, 262
Continuously, continually, 262
Contractions, 35–36
Coordinating conjunctions, 46, 174–76
Correlative conjunctions, 46–47
for balanced sentences, 158–60Dashes, 120
em, 120–21
en, 121
Demonstrative pronouns, 70–71
Dependent clauses, 181–82, 184–85
in complex sentences, 179–83
in compound-complex sentences,
183 – 86
Direct quotations, quotation marks and,
111–12
Double negatives, 260Eager, anxious, 257, 258
Effect, affect, 261
Em dashes, 120–21
E-mail
run-on sentences in, 10–11
sentence fragments in, 10–11
Emigrate, immigrate, 262
En dashes, 121
English. See Informal English;
Nonstandard English
English words. See Word s
Except, accept, 261
Exclamation points, 95–96
Explanations, colons and, 115–16FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so),
46
Fewer, less, 259–60