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A
A, an (usage), 10, 217
A, an, the (articles), 4, 10, 61
A while, awhile, 10, 217
Abbreviations, correct use of,
16–17, 281
Absolute phrases, 7, 88
Abstract nouns, defined, 2, 48
Accept, except, 11, 217
Action verbs, defined, 3, 55
Active voice, explained, 4, 145
in writing, 145, 325
Adapt, adopt, 11, 217
Adjective clauses, 7, 103–104
commas with, 42, 253
diagraming, 123
essential, 104, 253
nonessential, 104, 253
subject-verb agreement, 169
Adjective phrases
as infinitive phrases, 7, 91
as participial phrases, 7, 87
as prepositional phrases, 85
Adjectives, defined, 4–5, 61
articles as, 4, 61
comparative forms of, 4, 9–10,
61, 195, 197
coordinate, 15, 251
hyphen in compound, 279
object complement, 5, 6, 81
possessive nouns as, 61
possessive pronouns as, 61
predicate, 3, 6, 82
proper, 5, 61
capitalization of, 14, 237
Adopt, adapt, 11, 217
Adverb clauses, 7, 105
commas with, 15, 257
diagraming, 123
Adverb phrases
as infinitive phrases, 7, 91
as prepositional phrases, 85
Adverbs, defined, 5, 63
comparative forms of, 9–10, 195,
197
conjunctive, 5, 69, 253
negative words as, 63, 203
only, 10, 207
standard usage of rules for, 63
practice, 63–64
Advice, advise, 11, 217
Affect, effect, 11, 218
Agreement
pronoun-antecedent, 9, 30–33,
183, 185, 187, 189
subject-verb, 8, 26–29, 153, 155,
157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167,
169
Ain’t, avoiding, 11, 218
All ready, already, 11, 218
All right, not alright, 11, 218
All together, altogether, 11, 218
Allusion, illusion, 11, 219
A lot, not alot, 10, 217
Already, all ready, 11, 218
Altogether, all together, 11, 218
Among, between, 11, 219
Antecedents, defined, 3, 9, 51, 183
agreement of pronouns with, 9,
30–31, 183, 185, 187, 189
clear pronoun reference, 9,
32–33, 189
Antithetical phrases, 257
Anyways, somewheres, avoiding, 11
Anywheres, everywheres, avoiding,
11, 219
Apostrophes, rules for using, 16,
40–41, 277
in contractions, 16, 41, 277
in possessive nouns and
pronouns, 16, 40–41, 277
in special plurals, 16, 40, 277
Appositive phrases, 6, 43, 90
Appositive pronouns, 177
Appositives, defined, 6, 90, 177
commas with, 43, 253
Articles, 4, 10, 61
As, as if, like, 12, 223
Audience, 18, 307, 321
Auxiliary (helping) verbs, defined,
3, 59
list, 59
A while, awhile, 10, 217
B
Bad, badly, 11, 201
Base form, verbs, 3–4, 131, 133
Base root, 293
Being as, being that, avoiding, 11,
219
Beside, besides, 11, 219
Between, among, 11, 219
Block form for letters, 19, 339
Borrow, lend, loan, 11, 219
Brackets, 15, 269
Bring, take, 11, 220
Business letters, 19–20, 339–342
cover letters, 20, 342
letters of complaint, 20, 340
letters of request, 20, 339
opinion letters, 20
résumés, 20, 341
But
preposition, 5, 65
coordinating conjunction, 67
C
Can, may, 11, 220
Can’t hardly, can’t scarcely,
avoiding, 11, 220
Capitalization, rules for, 13–14, 233,
235–257
in direct quotations, 13, 233
in family names and titles of
persons, 13, 235
of first words of sentences, 13,
233
of pronoun I, 13, 233
of proper adjectives, 5, 14, 237
of proper nouns, 2, 13–14, 235
of sections of country, 14, 236
of titles, 14, 236
Case of pronouns, 2, 175
Chronological order, 18, 329
Clauses, defined, 7, 97
diagraming, 123–124
See also Adjective clauses,
Adverb clauses, Dependent
clauses, Independent clauses,
Main clauses, Noun clauses,
Subordinate clauses
Clue words, 17, 291
Coherence, in writing, 315, 333
Collective nouns, defined, 2, 49,
161
agreement of verb with, 2, 27, 49,
161
Colons, rules, 14, 16, 245
Commas, rules, 15, 249, 251, 253,
255, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265
with addresses and dates, 15,
259
and adjective clauses, 42, 253
and adverb clauses, 151, 257
and antithetical phrases, 257
with appositives, 15, 43, 90, 253
and compound sentences, 15,
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and conjunctive adverbs, 253
between coordinate adjectives,
15, 251
in direct address, 15, 261
in direct quotations, 15–16, 271
and interjections, 43, 69, 253
and introductory phrases, 255
with nonessential elements, 15,
42–43, 253
with numbers, 15, 259
for parenthetical elements, 15,
43, 253
in references, 15, 259
after salutations and closings in
letters, 15, 261
in series, 15, 44, 251
in tag questions, 15, 261
with titles, 259
Common nouns, defined, 2, 49
Comparative degree (form),
modifiers, 9–10, 61, 195, 197
Compare/contrast order, 18, 329
Comparison
of adjectives, 4, 9–10, 61, 195,
197
of adverbs, 9–10, 195, 197
double and incomplete, 10, 199
irregular, 10, 197
Complements, 6, 79, 81–82
direct objects, 6, 79
indirect objects, 6, 79
object, 6, 81
subject, 6, 82
Complete predicates, defined, 6, 74
Complete subjects, defined, 6, 74
Complex sentences, defined, 7, 101
Compound elements
adjectives, 16, 271
nouns, 277
numbers, hyphens in, 16, 279
predicates, 6, 75
prepositions, 5, 65
sentences, 7, 99, 249
subjects, 5, 75, 163
Compound-complex sentences, 7,
101
Concrete nouns, defined, 2, 48
Conjunctions, defined, 5, 67
conjunctive adverbs, 5, 69, 253
coordinating, 5, 67
correlative, 5, 67
list, 67
subordinating, 5, 67, 97
list, 67, 97
Conjunctive adverbs, 5, 69, 253
Context clues, 17, 291
Continual, continuous, 12, 220
Conversations, punctuating, 15–16,
233, 271
Coordinate adjectives, 15, 251
Coordinating conjunctions, 5, 67
Correlative conjunctions, 5, 67
Could of, might of, must of, should
of, would of, avoiding, 12, 220
D
Dangling modifiers, avoiding,
38–39, 207
Dashes, 15, 267
Dates, punctuating, 15, 283
Declarative sentences, defined, 8,
109
Definite article, 61
Degrees of form (comparison), 9–10,
61, 195, 197
Demonstrative pronouns 2, 54
Dependent (subordinate) clauses, 7,
42, 97, 101, 103, 105, 107, 181,
257
punctuating, 42, 257
Diagraming
sentences with clauses, 123–124
simple sentences, 119
simple sentences with phrases,
121
Different from, not different than,
12, 221
Direct address, 15, 261
Direct objects, defined, 6, 79
gerunds as, 89
infinitives as, 91
Direct quotations, 15, 233, 271
Doesn’t, don’t, 12, 221
Double comparisons, avoiding, 10,
199
Double negatives, avoiding, 10, 203
Drafting, 18, 311
chronological order, 18, 327
compare/contrast order, 18, 327
spatial order, 18, 327
style, voice, 145, 311, 325
theme, 311
thesis statement, 311
topic sentence and related
sentences, 18, 311
E
Each, agreement with, 8, 29, 167
Editing, 18, 319
proofreading marks, 319
Effect, affect, 11, 218
Either, agreement with, 8, 29, 167
Ellipses (ellipsis points), 15, 269
Emigrate, immigrate, 12, 221
Emphatic verbs, defined, 4, 142
Everywheres, anywheres, avoiding,
219
Except, accept, 11, 217
Exclamation points, 14, 243 
and quotation marks, 273
Exclamatory sentences, defined, 8,
109
F
Farther, further, 12, 221
Fewer, less, 12, 221
Fragments, sentence, defined,
22–23, 111
Freewriting, 18, 307
Further, farther, 12, 221
Future perfect tense, 3, 137, 139
Future tense, 3, 135, 139