| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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Subject Index |
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Two or more syllables,
adding suffixes to 242,
comparison of adjectives 2
| Verb phrases
defined 48,
use of 9, 18
| Verbs,
agreement with subject 35–37,
auxiliary and primary 8,
compound 55,
defined 274,
mood of 41,
negated verb phrase, because after 9,
principal parts 41–42,
singular/plural, with each 15–16,
singular/plural, with either… or 16,
tenses, sequence/consistency of 44–45,
tenses, simple 42–43,
tenses, types 43–44,
transitive and intransitive 45–46,
voice, defined 274
| Voice (verbs),
274,
See also Active voice; Passive voice
| Weak verbs, defined
274
| Word formation,
affixes 242–253,
compounds 253–257,
forming plurals 238–240,
possessives 241
| | Wordiness,
64–65,
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