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Elements Of Style Vocab
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1. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]
Correlative expression
Colloquialism
Transition
Independent Clause
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
Noun
Colloquialism
Adverb
3. A pronoun that connects a dependent clause to a main clause in a sentence: WHO - WHOM - WHOSE - WHICH - etc...
Tense
Number
Relative pronoun
Adjectival modifier
4. The attribute of a verb that indicates whether its subject is active [Janet PLAYED the guitar]
Predicate
Verbal
Voice
Adverb
5. A word or group of words that expresses the action or indicates the state of being of the subject. Verbs ACTIVATE sentences.
Verb
Subject
Adjectival modifier
Adjective
6. The name of a particular person - place or thing.
Proper noun
Nonrestrictive modifier
Possessive
Intransitive verb
7. An independent clause which can stand alone as a grammatically complete sentence.
Voice
Main clause
Loose sentence
Conjunction
8. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.
Prepositional phrase
Participial phrase
Possessive
Noun
9. A shortened form of a word or group of words: CAN'T for cannot; THEY'RE for they are.
Modal auxiliaries
Subject
Contraction
Dependent Clause
10. A word or phrase (especially a noun or adjective that completes the predicate. [Martha is my NEIGHBOUR.]
Restrictive term - element - clause
Complement
Relative pronoun
Main clause
11. A word or group of words that aids coherence in writing by showing the connections between ideas.
Appositive
Transition
Voice
Subordinate clause
12. The time of a verb's action or state of being - such as past - present - or future.
Principal verb
Independent Clause
Tense
Appositive
13. A word that names a person - place - or thing.
Noun
Infinitive/split infinitive
Loose sentence
Subject
14. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]
Main clause
Modal auxiliaries
Case
Predicate
15. A noun or pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom - to what or for what the action of a transitive verb is performed. [I asked HER a question.]
Adverb
Preposition
Indirect object
Linking verb
16. A clause introduced by a relative pronoun - such as WHO - WHICH - THAT - or by a relative adverb - such as WHERE - WHEN - WHY.
Intransitive verb
Proper noun
Verbal
Relative clause
17. The form of a noun or pronoun that reflects its grammatical function in a sentence as subject (THEY) - object (THEM) - or possessor (THEIR).
Restrictive term - element - clause
Infinitive/split infinitive
Case
Proper noun
18. A word or phrase that qualifies - describes - or limits the meaning of a word - phrase - or clause. [FRAYED ribbon]
Modifier
Transitive verb
Principal verb
Adverb
19. A phrase of clause that does not limit or restrict the essential meaning of the element it modifies.
Verbal
Main clause
Nonrestrictive modifier
Direct object
20. 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.]
Proper noun
Restrictive term - element - clause
Case
Adjective
21. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]
Subordinate clause
Articles
Adverb
Adjective
22. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
Correlative expression
Agreement
Transitive verb
Conjunction
23. A word that relates its object to another word in the sentence. [She is the leader OF our group.]
Case
Preposition
Periodic sentence
Transition
24. The words - A - AN - and THE - which signal or introduce nouns. THE refers to a particular item - whereas A and AN refer to a general item.
Articles
Main clause
Infinitive/split infinitive
Gerund
25. 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].
Modal auxiliaries
Voice
Independent Clause
Number
26. A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. [IF - BECAUSE - SINCE - etc...]
Dependent Clause
Principal verb
Modal auxiliaries
Object
27. The noun or pronoun that indicates what a sentence is about - and which the principal verb of a sentence elaborates.
Subject
Clause
Dependent Clause
Agreement
28. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN
Transition
Main clause
Predicate
Participle
29. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]
Adverbial phrase
Dependent Clause
Antecedent
Conjunction
30. A word that modifies - quantifies - or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. [DRIZZLY November]
Proper noun
Adjective
Modal auxiliaries
Object
31. 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]
Conjunction
Appositive
Adjective
Phrase
32. Possessive pronouns such as HERS - ITS and THEIRS.
Number
Pronominal possessive
Noun
Clause
33. Two or more simple subjects joined by a coordinating or correlative conjunction. [HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD had little in common.]
Participle
Intransitive verb
Direct object
Compound subject
34. The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.
Nonrestrictive modifier
Gerund
Appositive
Object
35. A pronoun that functions as a subject or a subject complement.
Possessive
Object
Nominative pronoun
Adverb
36. 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]
Auxiliary verb
Number
Nominative pronoun
Indefinite pronoun
37. A group of words that is not grammatically a complete sentence but is punctuated as one: BECAUSE IT MATTERED GREATLY.
Indefinite pronoun
Tense
Adverb
Sentence fragment
38. 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
Direct object
Independent Clause
39. The -ING form of a verb that functions as a noun: HIKING - PLAYING - etc...
Indirect object
Syntax
Transition
Gerund
40. A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb. [Pearson publishes BOOKS.]
Indirect object
Adjectival modifier
Relative clause
Direct object
41. A group of related words that functions as a unit but lacks a subject - verb - or both. WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE.
Proper noun
Compound subject
Loose sentence
Phrase
42. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]
Nominative pronoun
Colloquialism
Indirect object
Independent Clause
43. A sentence that expresses the main idea at the end.
Linking verb
Loose sentence
Transitive verb
Periodic sentence
44. A clause dependent on the main clause in a sentence. AFTER WE FINISH OUR WORK - we will go out for dinner.
Articles
Subordinate clause
Syntax
Infinitive/split infinitive
45. The order or arrangement of words in a sentence.
Noun
Periodic sentence
Syntax
Agreement
46. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]
Contraction
Clause
Intransitive verb
Preposition
47. The predicating verb in a main clause or sentence.
Modal auxiliaries
Principal verb
Conjunction
Direct object
48. 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]
Conjunction
Infinitive/split infinitive
Complement
Gerund
49. A word that joins words - phrases - clauses - or sentences. [For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So --> FANBOYS]
Participial phrase
Object
Conjunction
Subject
50. A sentence that begins with the main idea and then attaches modifiers - qualifiers - and additional details.
Colloquialism
Articles
Adjective
Loose sentence