The American Heritage® Book of English Usage A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996. Subject Index 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
