| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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Intransitive verbs,
defined 269,
use of 45–46, 47
| Irregular,
adjectives 3,
adverbs 3–4,
defined 269,
verbs 41–42
| Linking verb, defined
269
| Main clause, defined
269
| Main verbs,
dare as 13,
defined 269,
need as 20–21,
use of 8
| Mass noun, defined,
270
| Measurements, use in writing,
See Scientific writing
| Metathesis,
229
| Middle verbs, defined,
47
| Modal verbs,
8
| Modifiers,
absolute constructions 1,
absolute terms 1–2,
compounds, forming 254–256,
dangling 11–13,
defined 270
| Mood, defined,
41, 270
| Music terminology, use of,
157–158
| Names and labels
compounds, forming 255–256,
construction guidelines 186,
construction specifics 187–208,
forming plurals 240,
forming possessives 241
| Nationality,
See Names and labels
| Nominative case, defined,
270
| Noncount noun, defined,
270
| Nonrestrictive clauses,
defined 270,
that and 39,
who and 50
| Notional agreement,
36
| Nouns,
absolute constructions 1,
collective 11,
compounds 254–256,
defined 270,
inanimate 11
| Number,
defined 270,
pronouns, agreement of 27–28,
subject/verb agreement 35–36
| Numbers,
forming plurals 240,
hyphenating 256
| Object
defined 270,
direct 267,
indirect 269,
transitive/intransitive verbs and 45–46
| Objective case,
defined 270,
personal pronouns 31
| Objective complement, defined,
270
| One–syllable words,
adding suffixes to 242,
adjectives, adverbial forms 3,
adjectives, compared 2,
Open compound word 253
| Parallelism
as in 7,
compound verbs 55,
construction guidelines 51, 52–54,
constructions 54–56,
defined 270,
either … or and 16
| Participles,
See also Dangling participles/modifiers,
absolute constructions 1,
adjectives, use as 25,
defined 270,
fused (gerund and possessives) 17,
past 47,
prepositions, use as 13, 24, 27,
use of 24
| Passive voice,
abuses of 59,
construction guidelines 56–57,
defined 271,
double passive 15,
past participles 25,
use of 46–47, 57–59
| Past participles,
defined 271,
use of 25,
very and 47
| Past perfect tense, defined,
271
| Past tense,
defined 271,
use of 42
| Past (were) subjunctive mood,
37
| Perfect tense,
defined 271,
use of 42, 43
| Permanent compound word,
254
| Person,
defined 271,
pronouns, agreement of 27–28,
subject/verb agreement 35–36
| Personal pronouns,
after as 28–29,
after but 29,
after except 29–30,
after forms of be 29,
after than 30,
defined 271,
objective case as subject 31,
between you and I 30
| Phrases,
defined 271,
had better, as idiomatic verb phrase 18,
hyphenating 256,
modifying 12,
prepositional, forming possessives 26
| Pluperfect tense, defined,
271
| Plurals,
collective nouns 11,
defined 271,
forming 238–240,
neither and 21,
pronouns, any/anyone with 6,
subject/verb agreement 35–37,
verbs with each 15–16,
verbs with either 16
| Positive degree, defined,
272
| Possessive case, defined,
272
| Possessives,
construction guidelines 26–27,
defined 272,
forming 241,
gerund and (fused participle) 17,
group 26
| Predicate, defined,
48, 272
| Predicate adjective, defined,
272
| Predicate nominative, defined,
272
| Prefixes,
defined 272,
formation 254
| Prepositional phrases,
dangling modifiers 12,
defined 272,
indicate possession 26
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