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Elements Of Style Vocab
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1. A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person (ANYBODY) or thing (SOMETHING)
Intransitive verb
Indefinite pronoun
Proper noun
Antecedent
2. The attribute of a verb that indicates whether its subject is active [Janet PLAYED the guitar]
Modal auxiliaries
Voice
Adverb
Pronominal possessive
3. A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. [IF - BECAUSE - SINCE - etc...]
Intransitive verb
Restrictive term - element - clause
Complement
Dependent Clause
4. A group of related words that contains a subject and predicate. [MOTHS SWARM around a burning candle.]
Contraction
Principal verb
Clause
Articles
5. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.
Nominative pronoun
Participial phrase
Loose sentence
Principal verb
6. A pronoun that functions as a subject or a subject complement.
Adverbial phrase
Predicate
Number
Nominative pronoun
7. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]
Intransitive verb
Prepositional phrase
Periodic sentence
Adjectival modifier
8. The case of nouns and pronouns that indicates ownership or possession.
Syntax
Verb
Relative clause
Possessive
9. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]
Independent Clause
Indirect object
Nonrestrictive modifier
Colloquialism
10. A word - phrase - or clause that acts as an adjective in qualifying the meaning of a noun or pronoun. [YOUR country]
Case
Infinitive/split infinitive
Contraction
Adjectival modifier
11. 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
Transition
Restrictive term - element - clause
Intransitive verb
12. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN
Participle
Compound subject
Verb
Relative pronoun
13. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]
Contraction
Predicate
Nominative pronoun
Relative pronoun
14. The noun to which a pronoun refers. A pronoun and its antecedent must agree in person - number - and gender. [Michael and HIS teammates moved off campus]
Antecedent
Object
Adverb
Relative pronoun
15. A clause introduced by a relative pronoun - such as WHO - WHICH - THAT - or by a relative adverb - such as WHERE - WHEN - WHY.
Conjunction
Correlative expression
Relative clause
Case
16. The time of a verb's action or state of being - such as past - present - or future.
Tense
Adjective
Compound subject
Pronominal possessive
17. A word that names a person - place - or thing.
Compound sentence
Modifier
Noun
Transition
18. A word or phrase that qualifies - describes - or limits the meaning of a word - phrase - or clause. [FRAYED ribbon]
Modifier
Object
Pronominal possessive
Auxiliary verb
19. A feature of nouns - pronouns - and a few verbs referring to singular or plural.
Complement
Number
Adverb
Subordinate clause
20. A clause dependent on the main clause in a sentence. AFTER WE FINISH OUR WORK - we will go out for dinner.
Main clause
Subordinate clause
Adjectival modifier
Modifier
21. 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
Appositive
Nonrestrictive modifier
Compound sentence
22. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]
Adjective
Linking verb
Adverbial phrase
Subject
23. A group of words consisting of a preposition - its object -and any of the object's modifiers. [Georgia ON MY MIND.]
Prepositional phrase
Preposition
Object
Subordinate clause
24. A word or group of words that expresses the action or indicates the state of being of the subject. Verbs ACTIVATE sentences.
Tense
Predicate
Correlative expression
Verb
25. A sentence that begins with the main idea and then attaches modifiers - qualifiers - and additional details.
Loose sentence
Auxiliary verb
Subordinate clause
Participle
26. 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.]
Modifier
Complement
Verbal
Sentence fragment
27. 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].
Principal verb
Agreement
Gerund
Restrictive term - element - clause
28. The name of a particular person - place or thing.
Dependent Clause
Proper noun
Transition
Articles
29. The form of a noun or pronoun that reflects its grammatical function in a sentence as subject (THEY) - object (THEM) - or possessor (THEIR).
Verb
Case
Principal verb
Participle
30. 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]
Correlative expression
Auxiliary verb
Relative clause
Preposition
31. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]
Adverb
Relative clause
Indirect object
Nominative pronoun
32. A verb that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. [They WERE ecstatic.]
Appositive
Modifier
Linking verb
Relative clause
33. A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb. [Pearson publishes BOOKS.]
Adverbial phrase
Direct object
Correlative expression
Appositive
34. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
Transition
Conjunction
Participle
Transitive verb
35. An independent clause which can stand alone as a grammatically complete sentence.
Verbal
Adjectival modifier
Main clause
Adverbial phrase
36. A group of words that is not grammatically a complete sentence but is punctuated as one: BECAUSE IT MATTERED GREATLY.
Sentence fragment
Clause
Prepositional phrase
Independent Clause
37. The noun or pronoun that indicates what a sentence is about - and which the principal verb of a sentence elaborates.
Subject
Pronominal possessive
Syntax
Noun
38. Two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction - a correlative conjunction - or a semicolon. [Caesar conquered Gaul - but Alexander the Great conquered the world.]
Participial phrase
Relative clause
Compound sentence
Phrase
39. A sentence that expresses the main idea at the end.
Preposition
Nonrestrictive modifier
Object
Periodic sentence
40. A word that joins words - phrases - clauses - or sentences. [For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So --> FANBOYS]
Intransitive verb
Conjunction
Pronominal possessive
Transition
41. 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]
Compound subject
Infinitive/split infinitive
Intransitive verb
Adjective
42. A phrase of clause that does not limit or restrict the essential meaning of the element it modifies.
Nonrestrictive modifier
Linking verb
Relative pronoun
Indirect object
43. A pronoun that connects a dependent clause to a main clause in a sentence: WHO - WHOM - WHOSE - WHICH - etc...
Periodic sentence
Intransitive verb
Relative pronoun
Verbal
44. Possessive pronouns such as HERS - ITS and THEIRS.
Adverb
Articles
Pronominal possessive
Infinitive/split infinitive
45. A shortened form of a word or group of words: CAN'T for cannot; THEY'RE for they are.
Contraction
Verb
Gerund
Correlative expression
46. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]
Adverb
Colloquialism
Clause
Participial phrase
47. A word or phrase (especially a noun or adjective that completes the predicate. [Martha is my NEIGHBOUR.]
Object
Nonrestrictive modifier
Tense
Complement
48. A word that modifies - quantifies - or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. [DRIZZLY November]
Proper noun
Adjective
Direct object
Number
49. The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.
Appositive
Object
Noun
Verbal
50. The predicating verb in a main clause or sentence.
Principal verb
Subordinate clause
Preposition
Auxiliary verb
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