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Index
subjunctive mood, 73
subordinate
clauses.
See
dependent
(subordi-
nate) clauses
subordinate conjunctions, 40-41
subordination,
182-185
coordination, compared, 185
substandard
usage,
8
suffixes,
237-241
superlative degree, adjectives and adverbs,
102-105
Tale
of Two
Cities,
A, 259
templates, business letters, 328
tense, verbs, 60-71
future,
68
past, 67-68
time,
67
thank you letters, composing,


338-339
that,
97
thesauruses,
201-202
they,
95
Thompson, Dorothy,
252
Thousand
and One
Nights,
A, 272
Thurber,
James,
133,
252
time,
verb tenses, 67
tone, 300-302
transitions,
255-256.
See
also
conjunctive
adverbs
transitive verbs, 36
Trillin, Calvin, 85
Twain, Mark, 257
slang

terms, 8
substandard, 8
usage
dictionaries, 198
usage
labels, dictionaries, 196
U
unabridged dictionaries, 198
unclear antecedents, avoiding,
95-Ç
usage,
7-9
elements, 9
formal, 8
informal, 8
nonstandard
English,
8-9
verbal phrases, 140,
145-146
gerund,147-148
infinitive,
148-149
participle,
146-147
verbosity, avoiding,
290-294
verbs,
36-39,
59-60

action, 36, 283
classes,
61-64
conjugation, 65
gerunds,
147-148
helping,
37
infinitives,
148-149
information conveyed, 60
intransitive, 65
irregular,
62-65
linking,
37, 82
adjectives,
106-107
moods, 72
number,
72
person, 72
plural,
113-114, 120-122
principal parts, 61
regular,
62
simple form, 61
singular,
112-113

subjects, agreement, 19
tense, 60-71
future,
68
past, 67-68
time,
67
transitive, 36
verbals,
140,
145-146
voice,
73-75
vernacular, 302
voice,
73-75
Voltaire,
251
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The
(omplete
Idiot's Guide
to
Grammar and Style,
Second
Edition
W-X-Y-Z
subjects, focusing on,
279-280
types,

271
. , ,.
->.,
verbosity, avoiding,
290-294
watchdog
audiences, 264
,
.
J1 b
'
_„
Webster,
Noah, 197

order
Ts^
Webster
s
Dictionary
of
Synonyms,
202
'
Webster's
New
Collegiate
Dictionary,
197
Webster's

New
World
Dictionary
of
the
American
Language,
196
well
and
good,
compared,
106
Weston,
Arthur
H., 85
which,
97
White,
E.
B.,
10,
252
who
and
whom,
compared, 85-87
word origin dictionaries, 198
words in apposition,
210

writers and grammarians, compared, 7
writing
argumentation,
272-273
bias-free
language,
316-318
business
letters, 328
clarity,
276
description, 273
details,
adding,
280-282
doublespeak, avoiding,
318
exposition,
271
inventories,
20-23
longhand,
193-194
narration,
272
padding, 282
pronouns, 283
punctuation,
importance of,
284-286

redundant writing, avoiding,
287-290
sexist
language,
avoiding,
312-315
standards,
11
style,
251-253
audience,
263-269
clarity,
257-258
coherence,
255-257
consistency,
253-255
developing,
258-260
importance of,
284-286
myths,
261-262

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