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A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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Prepositions,
defined 272,
ending a sentence 27,
participles as 13, 24, 27
| Present participle, defined,
272
| Present perfect tense, defined,
272
| Present tense,
defined 272,
use of 42
| Primary verbs,
8
| Principal parts,
defined 272,
formation 41–42
| Progressive tense,
defined 273,
use of 42, 43, 46
| Pronouns,
See also Epicene pronouns,
agreement of 27,
any as a 6,
common-gender 172–174, 177–178, 179,
defined 273,
with each 16,
personal 28–31,
possessive forms 26,
reflexive and intensive 31
| Pronunciation,
alphabetical listing 212–237,
assimilation 214,
confusions/controversy 209–210,
dissimilation 220,
key 211,
metathesis 229
| Pronunciation spelling,
232
| Proper nouns,
See also Names and labels,
defined 273,
forming possessives 241
| Proximity, agreement by,
36
| Racial terms
See Names and labels
| Redundancy,
construction guidelines 59–60,
construction specifics 60–64,
use of as and 7,
wordiness and 64–65
| Reflexive pronouns,
31–32, 273
| Reflexive verb, defined,
273
| Regular, defined,
273
| Regular verbs,
41–42
| Relative clause, defined,
273
| Relative pronouns,
28, 273
| Restrictive clauses,
defined 273,
that and 39,
who and 50
| Scientific writing
authorship 147,
passive voice, use of 57–58,
terms, alphabetical listing 145–169,
terms, measurement/calculation 146–147, 148, 150–151, 152–153, 157–158, 161, 162, 164–165,
–self pronouns 31–32
| Sentences,
beginning with also 5,
beginning with because 9,
beginning with but 9–10,
beginning with however 19,
beginning with plus 25,
ending with prepositions 27,
which referring to 49
| Sexist language,
See Gender
| Simple tense, use of,
42
| Singular,
collective nouns 11,
defined 273,
with neither 21,
subject/verb agreement 35–37,
verbs with each 15–16,
verbs with either 16
| Social terms,
See Names and labels
| Solid compound word, 253
| Spelling changes with affixes,
242–243
| Spelling pronunciation,
235
| Split infinitive,
34–35, 273
| Standard E-mail,
260
| Strong verb, defined,
273
| Style,
See Parallelism; Passive voice; Redundancy
| Subject and verb agreement,
compound subjects 36–37,
grammatical 35–36,
notional 36,
by proximity 36
| Subjects,
clauses 9, 47–48,
compound 30, 36–37,
defined 273,
pronouns, objective case as 31
| Subjunctive mood,
defined 274,
use of 37–39, 41
| Subordinate clause, defined,
274
| Subordinate conjunction, defined,
274
| Substantive, defined,
274
| Suffixes,
defined 274,
formation 242–243, 254
| Superlative degree, defined,
274
| Superlative forms, adjectives/adverbs,
3–4
| Syntax, defined,
274
| Technical writing
See Scientific writing
| Temporary compound word,
254
| Tense (verb),
defined 274,
use of 42–45
| Transitive verbs,
defined 274,
use of 45–46, 47
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