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Elements Of Style Vocab
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1. A clause dependent on the main clause in a sentence. AFTER WE FINISH OUR WORK - we will go out for dinner.
Case
Restrictive term - element - clause
Subordinate clause
Loose sentence
2. The -ING form of a verb that functions as a noun: HIKING - PLAYING - etc...
Gerund
Proper noun
Verb
Intransitive verb
3. The order or arrangement of words in a sentence.
Syntax
Voice
Tense
Nonrestrictive modifier
4. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]
Voice
Subordinate clause
Adverb
Number
5. Possessive pronouns such as HERS - ITS and THEIRS.
Pronominal possessive
Relative pronoun
Clause
Adverb
6. The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.
Conjunction
Object
Articles
Correlative expression
7. 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]
Compound subject
Transitive verb
Periodic sentence
Auxiliary verb
8. A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person (ANYBODY) or thing (SOMETHING)
Adjective
Dependent Clause
Intransitive verb
Indefinite pronoun
9. 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
Verbal
Subordinate clause
Indirect object
10. A word that names a person - place - or thing.
Noun
Gerund
Relative clause
Verbal
11. A word or phrase (especially a noun or adjective that completes the predicate. [Martha is my NEIGHBOUR.]
Adverbial phrase
Complement
Periodic sentence
Direct object
12. A sentence that begins with the main idea and then attaches modifiers - qualifiers - and additional details.
Main clause
Adverbial phrase
Loose sentence
Direct object
13. 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.]
Voice
Noun
Indirect object
Adjectival modifier
14. A verb that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. [They WERE ecstatic.]
Linking verb
Syntax
Nonrestrictive modifier
Object
15. Correlative conjunctions [BOTH - AND; EITHER - OR; NEITHER - NOR] join the same kinds of elements (as conjunctions)
Correlative expression
Clause
Predicate
Prepositional phrase
16. A group of related words that contains a subject and predicate. [MOTHS SWARM around a burning candle.]
Possessive
Clause
Compound sentence
Antecedent
17. An independent clause which can stand alone as a grammatically complete sentence.
Main clause
Adverbial phrase
Verb
Direct object
18. A word that joins words - phrases - clauses - or sentences. [For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So --> FANBOYS]
Verb
Conjunction
Modifier
Relative pronoun
19. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]
Direct object
Main clause
Compound subject
Intransitive verb
20. 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
Verb
Linking verb
Complement
21. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]
Auxiliary verb
Verb
Adverbial phrase
Indirect object
22. Two or more simple subjects joined by a coordinating or correlative conjunction. [HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD had little in common.]
Colloquialism
Adverbial phrase
Compound subject
Sentence fragment
23. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]
Pronominal possessive
Relative clause
Verb
Colloquialism
24. A phrase of clause that does not limit or restrict the essential meaning of the element it modifies.
Agreement
Pronominal possessive
Independent Clause
Nonrestrictive modifier
25. The time of a verb's action or state of being - such as past - present - or future.
Contraction
Participial phrase
Principal verb
Tense
26. A shortened form of a word or group of words: CAN'T for cannot; THEY'RE for they are.
Correlative expression
Contraction
Loose sentence
Relative clause
27. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.
Correlative expression
Predicate
Indirect object
Participial phrase
28. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]
Predicate
Colloquialism
Participial phrase
Transitive verb
29. A word - phrase - or clause that acts as an adjective in qualifying the meaning of a noun or pronoun. [YOUR country]
Transition
Adjectival modifier
Indirect object
Tense
30. The case of nouns and pronouns that indicates ownership or possession.
Possessive
Adverb
Colloquialism
Direct object
31. A word or phrase that qualifies - describes - or limits the meaning of a word - phrase - or clause. [FRAYED ribbon]
Gerund
Modifier
Subordinate clause
Phrase
32. A pronoun that functions as a subject or a subject complement.
Nominative pronoun
Adjective
Verb
Antecedent
33. The name of a particular person - place or thing.
Proper noun
Participial phrase
Principal verb
Indirect object
34. A pronoun that connects a dependent clause to a main clause in a sentence: WHO - WHOM - WHOSE - WHICH - etc...
Indirect object
Articles
Relative pronoun
Predicate
35. A sentence that expresses the main idea at the end.
Phrase
Periodic sentence
Subject
Contraction
36. 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]
Main clause
Antecedent
Voice
Relative pronoun
37. 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
Phrase
Infinitive/split infinitive
Preposition
38. A group of related words that functions as a unit but lacks a subject - verb - or both. WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE.
Phrase
Contraction
Modal auxiliaries
Prepositional phrase
39. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
Noun
Indirect object
Participial phrase
Transitive verb
40. A clause introduced by a relative pronoun - such as WHO - WHICH - THAT - or by a relative adverb - such as WHERE - WHEN - WHY.
Verbal
Relative clause
Principal verb
Subject
41. A word that modifies - quantifies - or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. [DRIZZLY November]
Restrictive term - element - clause
Adjective
Loose sentence
Indirect object
42. The attribute of a verb that indicates whether its subject is active [Janet PLAYED the guitar]
Correlative expression
Verb
Indirect object
Voice
43. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]
Independent Clause
Predicate
Pronominal possessive
Number
44. A feature of nouns - pronouns - and a few verbs referring to singular or plural.
Possessive
Number
Sentence fragment
Modifier
45. 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.]
Indirect object
Compound sentence
Linking verb
Object
46. A word or group of words that aids coherence in writing by showing the connections between ideas.
Prepositional phrase
Transition
Dependent Clause
Periodic sentence
47. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN
Adverb
Participle
Infinitive/split infinitive
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
Pronominal possessive
Noun
49. A word that relates its object to another word in the sentence. [She is the leader OF our group.]
Voice
Verb
Preposition
Verbal
50. A group of words consisting of a preposition - its object -and any of the object's modifiers. [Georgia ON MY MIND.]
Prepositional phrase
Adjectival modifier
Phrase
Modifier