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Elements Of Style Vocab
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1. The -ING form of a verb that functions as a noun: HIKING - PLAYING - etc...
Predicate
Gerund
Proper noun
Subject
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
Colloquialism
Infinitive/split infinitive
Proper noun
3. A word that names a person - place - or thing.
Adverb
Possessive
Voice
Noun
4. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]
Articles
Adverbial phrase
Verbal
Gerund
5. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.
Articles
Participial phrase
Antecedent
Participle
6. A word - phrase - or clause that acts as an adjective in qualifying the meaning of a noun or pronoun. [YOUR country]
Adverb
Adjectival modifier
Independent Clause
Preposition
7. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
Conjunction
Transitive verb
Restrictive term - element - clause
Nominative pronoun
8. The case of nouns and pronouns that indicates ownership or possession.
Preposition
Adverb
Possessive
Adverbial phrase
9. 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.]
Number
Principal verb
Possessive
Compound sentence
10. 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
Voice
Modal auxiliaries
Relative clause
11. The name of a particular person - place or thing.
Proper noun
Subject
Gerund
Clause
12. The noun or pronoun that indicates what a sentence is about - and which the principal verb of a sentence elaborates.
Colloquialism
Nonrestrictive modifier
Subject
Loose sentence
13. A word that relates its object to another word in the sentence. [She is the leader OF our group.]
Adjective
Possessive
Preposition
Indirect object
14. A feature of nouns - pronouns - and a few verbs referring to singular or plural.
Linking verb
Subject
Number
Preposition
15. A word that joins words - phrases - clauses - or sentences. [For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So --> FANBOYS]
Noun
Dependent Clause
Conjunction
Possessive
16. 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]
Relative clause
Infinitive/split infinitive
Compound sentence
Compound subject
17. A shortened form of a word or group of words: CAN'T for cannot; THEY'RE for they are.
Compound sentence
Tense
Contraction
Auxiliary verb
18. 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
Case
19. Possessive pronouns such as HERS - ITS and THEIRS.
Clause
Object
Pronominal possessive
Preposition
20. A pronoun that connects a dependent clause to a main clause in a sentence: WHO - WHOM - WHOSE - WHICH - etc...
Relative pronoun
Prepositional phrase
Tense
Indirect object
21. A verb that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. [They WERE ecstatic.]
Colloquialism
Auxiliary verb
Antecedent
Linking verb
22. A word or group of words that expresses the action or indicates the state of being of the subject. Verbs ACTIVATE sentences.
Indirect object
Proper noun
Principal verb
Verb
23. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN
Subordinate clause
Participle
Complement
Relative pronoun
24. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]
Adverb
Linking verb
Complement
Case
25. 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.]
Proper noun
Verbal
Noun
Conjunction
26. A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb. [Pearson publishes BOOKS.]
Voice
Direct object
Phrase
Adjective
27. A group of words consisting of a preposition - its object -and any of the object's modifiers. [Georgia ON MY MIND.]
Appositive
Object
Prepositional phrase
Adverb
28. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]
Proper noun
Complement
Prepositional phrase
Predicate
29. 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.]
Indirect object
Relative clause
Modal auxiliaries
Adverb
30. 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.]
Colloquialism
Independent Clause
Restrictive term - element - clause
Intransitive verb
31. A word or phrase (especially a noun or adjective that completes the predicate. [Martha is my NEIGHBOUR.]
Complement
Noun
Case
Pronominal possessive
32. A word or phrase that qualifies - describes - or limits the meaning of a word - phrase - or clause. [FRAYED ribbon]
Adverbial phrase
Restrictive term - element - clause
Modifier
Direct object
33. A group of related words that contains a subject and predicate. [MOTHS SWARM around a burning candle.]
Possessive
Colloquialism
Phrase
Clause
34. 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.
Intransitive verb
Relative pronoun
Articles
Conjunction
35. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]
Intransitive verb
Dependent Clause
Sentence fragment
Compound sentence
36. A sentence that expresses the main idea at the end.
Noun
Correlative expression
Periodic sentence
Indefinite pronoun
37. A clause dependent on the main clause in a sentence. AFTER WE FINISH OUR WORK - we will go out for dinner.
Periodic sentence
Appositive
Articles
Subordinate clause
38. A word or group of words that aids coherence in writing by showing the connections between ideas.
Tense
Modal auxiliaries
Transition
Auxiliary verb
39. Correlative conjunctions [BOTH - AND; EITHER - OR; NEITHER - NOR] join the same kinds of elements (as conjunctions)
Modifier
Correlative expression
Relative pronoun
Pronominal possessive
40. A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. [IF - BECAUSE - SINCE - etc...]
Indirect object
Dependent Clause
Pronominal possessive
Modifier
41. The predicating verb in a main clause or sentence.
Principal verb
Relative clause
Clause
Colloquialism
42. A group of words that is not grammatically a complete sentence but is punctuated as one: BECAUSE IT MATTERED GREATLY.
Case
Sentence fragment
Linking verb
Agreement
43. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]
Possessive
Modal auxiliaries
Independent Clause
Nominative pronoun
44. A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person (ANYBODY) or thing (SOMETHING)
Sentence fragment
Possessive
Indefinite pronoun
Predicate
45. The order or arrangement of words in a sentence.
Subject
Syntax
Sentence fragment
Gerund
46. A sentence that begins with the main idea and then attaches modifiers - qualifiers - and additional details.
Independent Clause
Modifier
Complement
Loose sentence
47. The time of a verb's action or state of being - such as past - present - or future.
Indefinite pronoun
Tense
Auxiliary verb
Linking verb
48. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]
Adjective
Contraction
Participial phrase
Colloquialism
49. Two or more simple subjects joined by a coordinating or correlative conjunction. [HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD had little in common.]
Compound subject
Articles
Direct object
Nonrestrictive modifier
50. 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]
Appositive
Correlative expression
Auxiliary verb
Nominative pronoun