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Elements Of Style Vocab
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1. A word - phrase - or clause that acts as an adjective in qualifying the meaning of a noun or pronoun. [YOUR country]
Gerund
Linking verb
Verb
Adjectival modifier
2. The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number [Karen GOES to Cal Tech; her sister GO to Ucla] - and a pronoun with its antecedent in person - number - and gender [as soon as Karen finished the exam - SHE picked up HER books].
Agreement
Articles
Tense
Predicate
3. A shortened form of a word or group of words: CAN'T for cannot; THEY'RE for they are.
Modifier
Complement
Independent Clause
Contraction
4. Possessive pronouns such as HERS - ITS and THEIRS.
Appositive
Transition
Pronominal possessive
Number
5. A pronoun that functions as a subject or a subject complement.
Complement
Subordinate clause
Nominative pronoun
Agreement
6. A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. [IF - BECAUSE - SINCE - etc...]
Loose sentence
Proper noun
Syntax
Dependent Clause
7. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]
Adverbial phrase
Indirect object
Articles
Preposition
8. A word that modifies - quantifies - or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. [DRIZZLY November]
Direct object
Adjective
Restrictive term - element - clause
Prepositional phrase
9. A word or phrase that qualifies - describes - or limits the meaning of a word - phrase - or clause. [FRAYED ribbon]
Preposition
Adjective
Modifier
Predicate
10. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.
Infinitive/split infinitive
Participial phrase
Predicate
Relative pronoun
11. A word or group of words that aids coherence in writing by showing the connections between ideas.
Possessive
Transition
Adverbial phrase
Direct object
12. Two or more simple subjects joined by a coordinating or correlative conjunction. [HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD had little in common.]
Direct object
Indirect object
Compound subject
Adjective
13. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
Intransitive verb
Transitive verb
Participial phrase
Indefinite pronoun
14. The predicating verb in a main clause or sentence.
Appositive
Gerund
Principal verb
Articles
15. Any of the verbs that combine with the main verb to express necessity [MUST] - obligation [SHOULD] - permission [MAY] - probability [MIGHT] - possibility [COULD] - ability [CAN] - or tentativeness [WOULD].
Linking verb
Modal auxiliaries
Antecedent
Adjective
16. Correlative conjunctions [BOTH - AND; EITHER - OR; NEITHER - NOR] join the same kinds of elements (as conjunctions)
Relative pronoun
Conjunction
Correlative expression
Main clause
17. The case of nouns and pronouns that indicates ownership or possession.
Possessive
Main clause
Subordinate clause
Transitive verb
18. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]
Transitive verb
Complement
Case
Intransitive verb
19. A group of related words that functions as a unit but lacks a subject - verb - or both. WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE.
Antecedent
Phrase
Indirect object
Number
20. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]
Loose sentence
Colloquialism
Voice
Transition
21. A verb that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. [They WERE ecstatic.]
Syntax
Adverbial phrase
Linking verb
Subject
22. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]
Independent Clause
Tense
Predicate
Compound subject
23. A word that joins words - phrases - clauses - or sentences. [For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So --> FANBOYS]
Conjunction
Adverb
Subject
Nonrestrictive modifier
24. A verb that combines with the main verb to show differences in tense - person - and voice. The most common auxiliaries are forms of BE - DO and HAVE. [I AM going; we DID not go]
Participial phrase
Transition
Prepositional phrase
Auxiliary verb
25. In the present tense - a verb phrase consisting of TO followed by the base form of the verb (TO WRITE). A split infinitive occurs when one or more words separate TO and the verb [TO BOLDLY GO]
Main clause
Infinitive/split infinitive
Proper noun
Complement
26. A group of words consisting of a preposition - its object -and any of the object's modifiers. [Georgia ON MY MIND.]
Agreement
Prepositional phrase
Complement
Tense
27. A sentence that expresses the main idea at the end.
Main clause
Compound sentence
Periodic sentence
Participial phrase
28. The -ING form of a verb that functions as a noun: HIKING - PLAYING - etc...
Agreement
Gerund
Restrictive term - element - clause
Complement
29. A clause introduced by a relative pronoun - such as WHO - WHICH - THAT - or by a relative adverb - such as WHERE - WHEN - WHY.
Relative clause
Direct object
Noun
Syntax
30. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]
Predicate
Verb
Syntax
Participial phrase
31. A group of words that is not grammatically a complete sentence but is punctuated as one: BECAUSE IT MATTERED GREATLY.
Sentence fragment
Proper noun
Case
Relative clause
32. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]
Correlative expression
Participial phrase
Adverb
Sentence fragment
33. A noun or noun phrase that renames or adds identifying information to a noun it immediately follows. [His brother - AN ACCOUNTANT WITH ARTHUR ANDERSON - was recently promoted]
Colloquialism
Appositive
Loose sentence
Indirect object
34. The name of a particular person - place or thing.
Auxiliary verb
Proper noun
Adverb
Direct object
35. A verb form that functions in a sentence as a noun - an adjective - or an adverb rather than as a principal verb. [THINKING can be fun.]
Verbal
Auxiliary verb
Independent Clause
Phrase
36. The form of a noun or pronoun that reflects its grammatical function in a sentence as subject (THEY) - object (THEM) - or possessor (THEIR).
Adjectival modifier
Verb
Case
Antecedent
37. A word that names a person - place - or thing.
Loose sentence
Transitive verb
Articles
Noun
38. A word that relates its object to another word in the sentence. [She is the leader OF our group.]
Preposition
Subordinate clause
Verbal
Tense
39. A phrase or clause that limits the essential meaning of the sentence element it modifies or identifies. [Professional athletes WHO PERFORM EXCEPTIONALLY should earn stratospheric salaries.]
Modifier
Indefinite pronoun
Loose sentence
Restrictive term - element - clause
40. A group of related words that contains a subject and predicate. [MOTHS SWARM around a burning candle.]
Clause
Preposition
Subordinate clause
Sentence fragment
41. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN
Correlative expression
Dependent Clause
Participle
Indirect object
42. A word or group of words that expresses the action or indicates the state of being of the subject. Verbs ACTIVATE sentences.
Proper noun
Relative pronoun
Modifier
Verb
43. The noun or pronoun that indicates what a sentence is about - and which the principal verb of a sentence elaborates.
Complement
Loose sentence
Subordinate clause
Subject
44. An independent clause which can stand alone as a grammatically complete sentence.
Relative clause
Tense
Syntax
Main clause
45. A sentence that begins with the main idea and then attaches modifiers - qualifiers - and additional details.
Antecedent
Intransitive verb
Verbal
Loose sentence
46. A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb. [Pearson publishes BOOKS.]
Phrase
Infinitive/split infinitive
Direct object
Linking verb
47. The order or arrangement of words in a sentence.
Syntax
Modal auxiliaries
Case
Main clause
48. The attribute of a verb that indicates whether its subject is active [Janet PLAYED the guitar]
Relative clause
Tense
Voice
Complement
49. A word or phrase (especially a noun or adjective that completes the predicate. [Martha is my NEIGHBOUR.]
Intransitive verb
Articles
Complement
Gerund
50. The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.
Main clause
Intransitive verb
Object
Verbal