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