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Elements Of Style Vocab
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1. A group of words that is not grammatically a complete sentence but is punctuated as one: BECAUSE IT MATTERED GREATLY.
Prepositional phrase
Sentence fragment
Predicate
Compound sentence
2. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]
Contraction
Voice
Predicate
Case
3. The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.
Colloquialism
Adverb
Object
Indefinite pronoun
4. An independent clause which can stand alone as a grammatically complete sentence.
Main clause
Indefinite pronoun
Nonrestrictive modifier
Participial phrase
5. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]
Adverbial phrase
Antecedent
Voice
Loose sentence
6. A group of words consisting of a preposition - its object -and any of the object's modifiers. [Georgia ON MY MIND.]
Prepositional phrase
Clause
Infinitive/split infinitive
Compound sentence
7. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]
Adverb
Appositive
Pronominal possessive
Independent Clause
8. The case of nouns and pronouns that indicates ownership or possession.
Direct object
Possessive
Pronominal possessive
Syntax
9. A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb. [Pearson publishes BOOKS.]
Main clause
Periodic sentence
Direct object
Independent Clause
10. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN
Participle
Nonrestrictive modifier
Adverb
Agreement
11. A phrase of clause that does not limit or restrict the essential meaning of the element it modifies.
Nonrestrictive modifier
Auxiliary verb
Indefinite pronoun
Pronominal possessive
12. A pronoun that functions as a subject or a subject complement.
Nominative pronoun
Complement
Subject
Object
13. A group of related words that functions as a unit but lacks a subject - verb - or both. WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE.
Conjunction
Subject
Agreement
Phrase
14. 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.]
Agreement
Conjunction
Indirect object
Principal verb
15. Possessive pronouns such as HERS - ITS and THEIRS.
Case
Pronominal possessive
Nonrestrictive modifier
Modifier
16. A clause dependent on the main clause in a sentence. AFTER WE FINISH OUR WORK - we will go out for dinner.
Modal auxiliaries
Subordinate clause
Correlative expression
Dependent Clause
17. A shortened form of a word or group of words: CAN'T for cannot; THEY'RE for they are.
Pronominal possessive
Contraction
Modifier
Independent Clause
18. 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.]
Restrictive term - element - clause
Clause
Relative clause
Nonrestrictive modifier
19. A verb that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. [They WERE ecstatic.]
Linking verb
Possessive
Nonrestrictive modifier
Compound sentence
20. Two or more simple subjects joined by a coordinating or correlative conjunction. [HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD had little in common.]
Compound subject
Appositive
Object
Adjectival modifier
21. 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.]
Tense
Prepositional phrase
Verbal
Infinitive/split infinitive
22. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.
Participial phrase
Infinitive/split infinitive
Conjunction
Main clause
23. A word or phrase (especially a noun or adjective that completes the predicate. [Martha is my NEIGHBOUR.]
Complement
Independent Clause
Participial phrase
Periodic sentence
24. The name of a particular person - place or thing.
Adjectival modifier
Proper noun
Relative clause
Indefinite pronoun
25. A word that names a person - place - or thing.
Dependent Clause
Clause
Noun
Number
26. A group of related words that contains a subject and predicate. [MOTHS SWARM around a burning candle.]
Gerund
Clause
Agreement
Modal auxiliaries
27. A pronoun that connects a dependent clause to a main clause in a sentence: WHO - WHOM - WHOSE - WHICH - etc...
Participle
Restrictive term - element - clause
Relative pronoun
Principal verb
28. 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
Restrictive term - element - clause
Object
Direct object
29. The -ING form of a verb that functions as a noun: HIKING - PLAYING - etc...
Gerund
Nominative pronoun
Voice
Transition
30. A word that modifies - quantifies - or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. [DRIZZLY November]
Adjective
Periodic sentence
Infinitive/split infinitive
Restrictive term - element - clause
31. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]
Intransitive verb
Pronominal possessive
Loose sentence
Verb
32. 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
Clause
Compound sentence
Adverbial phrase
33. 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.]
Contraction
Linking verb
Gerund
Compound sentence
34. A word or group of words that aids coherence in writing by showing the connections between ideas.
Syntax
Independent Clause
Transition
Subject
35. A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. [IF - BECAUSE - SINCE - etc...]
Possessive
Indirect object
Object
Dependent Clause
36. A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person (ANYBODY) or thing (SOMETHING)
Adverbial phrase
Participial phrase
Indefinite pronoun
Complement
37. The time of a verb's action or state of being - such as past - present - or future.
Noun
Proper noun
Periodic sentence
Tense
38. The noun or pronoun that indicates what a sentence is about - and which the principal verb of a sentence elaborates.
Noun
Transition
Subject
Restrictive term - element - clause
39. A word or group of words that expresses the action or indicates the state of being of the subject. Verbs ACTIVATE sentences.
Verb
Noun
Principal verb
Indirect object
40. 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]
Case
Prepositional phrase
Infinitive/split infinitive
Adjective
41. 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
Adverb
Infinitive/split infinitive
Predicate
42. The order or arrangement of words in a sentence.
Transitive verb
Object
Syntax
Relative pronoun
43. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]
Noun
Adverb
Participial phrase
Predicate
44. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]
Colloquialism
Proper noun
Modal auxiliaries
Modifier
45. The form of a noun or pronoun that reflects its grammatical function in a sentence as subject (THEY) - object (THEM) - or possessor (THEIR).
Case
Auxiliary verb
Contraction
Prepositional phrase
46. The attribute of a verb that indicates whether its subject is active [Janet PLAYED the guitar]
Conjunction
Main clause
Verb
Voice
47. 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.
Adjectival modifier
Complement
Adverbial phrase
Articles
48. A word - phrase - or clause that acts as an adjective in qualifying the meaning of a noun or pronoun. [YOUR country]
Adjectival modifier
Periodic sentence
Adjective
Verbal
49. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
Adverbial phrase
Transitive verb
Principal verb
Contraction
50. A word that relates its object to another word in the sentence. [She is the leader OF our group.]
Preposition
Relative pronoun
Adverbial phrase
Articles