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A
A, an, the(articles), 7, 121
Abbreviations, correct use of, 18, 255, 257
Abstract nouns, defined, 4
Accept, except,12, 197
Action verbs, defined, 4, 75, 79
Active voice, explained, 6, 319
in writing, 319
Adjective clauses, 9, 40
nonessential, 40
Adjective phrases
as participial phrases, 10
as prepositional phrases, 10, 155
Adjectives, defined, 7–8, 119
articles as, 7, 121
comparative forms of, 8, 123, 125
avoiding errors in, 36–37
demonstrative, 121
diagraming, 185
distinguishing from adverbs, 139, 141
hyphen in compound, 18
predicate, 3, 81, 119, 139, 183
proper, 7, 15, 44, 119, 225, 227
superlative, 8, 123, 125, 135
avoiding errors in, 36–37
Adverb clauses, 9, 40
commas with, 40
Adverb phrases
as prepositional phrases, 10, 155
Adverbs, defined, 8, 131
comparative forms of, 8, 135, 137
conjunctive, 9, 16
diagraming, 185
distinguishing from adjectives 139, 141
distinguishing from prepositions, 157
modifying adjectives and adverbs, 8, 133
modifying verbs, 8, 131
negative words as, 8, 143
Agreement
pronoun-antecedent, 7, 34, 109
subject-verb, 4, 11, 28–31, 67, 167, 169,
171, 173
and collective nouns, 4, 67
and compound subjects, 11, 30–31, 173
and subject pronouns, 11, 29, 169
and prepositional phrases, 11, 28, 171
and indefinite pronouns, 11, 29, 113
in inverted sentences, 11, 28–29, 171
with titles of works, 11
All ready, already,12, 197
All together, altogether, 12, 197
A lot, alot,12, 197
Already, all ready,12, 197
Altogether, all together,12, 197
Among, between,12, 199
Antecedents, defined, 7, 109
agreement of pronouns with, 7, 109
clear pronoun reference, 7, 34, 109
Antonyms, 275
Apostrophes, rules for using, 17–18, 41– 43,
251
in contractions, 18, 43, 251
in possessive nouns and pronouns, 17,
41– 43, 251
in special plurals, 17, 42, 251
Appositive phrases, 10, 16, 39
Appositives, 10, 16, 39
Articles, 7, 121
Audience, choosing, 20, 301, 313
Auxiliary (helping) verbs, defined, 4, 87, 89, 91
B
Bad, worse, worst,36, 125
Beside, besides, 12, 199
Between, among,12, 199
Block form for letters, 21, 337
Bring, take, 12
Business letters, 21–22, 337–339
letters of complaint, 338
letters of opinion, 22, 339
letters of request, 22, 337
But,coordinating conjunction, 9, 159
C
Can, may, 12
Capitalization, rules for, 14–15, 44, 213, 215,
217, 219, 221, 223, 225, 227
in direct quotations, 14, 44, 213
in family names and titles of persons, 15,
217, 219
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