Index
abbreviations, 99–100
acronyms, 101
adjectives, 9, 66–76, 137
demonstrative, 72
interrogative, 72–3
possessive, 70–1
adverbs, 76–86, 137
degree, 82–3
interrogative, 82
manner, 76–7
number, 82
place, 81–2
time, 81
apostrophes, 96–9, 141
articles, 7, 136
brackets, 92
round, 92
square, 93
capital letters, 4–5
clauses, 27, 138–9
main, 27, 35–7
subordinate, 37–42
adjectival, 45–7
adverbial, 38–42
comparison, 40
condition, 42
degree, 41
manner, 40
place, 31, 39
purpose, 41
reason, 40
result, 41
time, 31, 39
clichés, 131–2
colloquial language, 132
colons, 91
commas, 54–7, 90–1, 105
comparisons, 68–70
comparative, 68–70, 77
positive, 68–70, 77
superlative, 68–70, 77
complements, 22, 29, 33
conjunctions (connectives), 36,
137
co-ordinating, 37
subordinating, 37–8
consonants, 3
contractions, 100–1
dashes, 91–2
definitions, 147
derivations, 145–6
dictionary, 122, 144
direct speech, 103–6, 142
double negatives, 126
duologue, 105–6
exclamation marks, 94–5
full stops, 139
gerunds, 6, 71, 135
homonyms, 122
164