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The American Heritage® Book of English Usage

A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.

Subject Index

Intransitive verbs, defined 269, use of 45–46, 47

Irregular, adjectives 3, adverbs 3–4, defined 269, verbs 41–42

Linking verb, defined 269

Main clause, defined 269

Main verbs, dare as 13, defined 269, need as 20–21, use of 8

Mass noun, defined, 270

Measurements, use in writing, See Scientific writing

Metathesis, 229

Middle verbs, defined, 47

Modal verbs, 8

Modifiers, absolute constructions 1, absolute terms 1–2, compounds, forming 254–256, dangling 11–13, defined 270

Mood, defined, 41, 270

Music terminology, use of, 157–158

Names and labels compounds, forming 255–256, construction guidelines 186, construction specifics 187–208, forming plurals 240, forming possessives 241

Nationality, See Names and labels

Nominative case, defined, 270

Noncount noun, defined, 270

Nonrestrictive clauses, defined 270, that and 39, who and 50

Notional agreement, 36

Nouns, absolute constructions 1, collective 11, compounds 254–256, defined 270, inanimate 11

Number, defined 270, pronouns, agreement of 27–28, subject/verb agreement 35–36

Numbers, forming plurals 240, hyphenating 256

Object defined 270, direct 267, indirect 269, transitive/intransitive verbs and 45–46

Objective case, defined 270, personal pronouns 31

Objective complement, defined, 270

One–syllable words, adding suffixes to 242, adjectives, adverbial forms 3, adjectives, compared 2, Open compound word 253

Parallelism as in 7, compound verbs 55, construction guidelines 51, 52–54, constructions 54–56, defined 270, either … or and 16

Participles, See also Dangling participles/modifiers, absolute constructions 1, adjectives, use as 25, defined 270, fused (gerund and possessives) 17, past 47, prepositions, use as 13, 24, 27, use of 24

Passive voice, abuses of 59, construction guidelines 56–57, defined 271, double passive 15, past participles 25, use of 46–47, 57–59

Past participles, defined 271, use of 25, very and 47

Past perfect tense, defined, 271

Past tense, defined 271, use of 42

Past (were) subjunctive mood, 37

Perfect tense, defined 271, use of 42, 43

Permanent compound word, 254

Person, defined 271, pronouns, agreement of 27–28, subject/verb agreement 35–36

Personal pronouns, after as 28–29, after but 29, after except 29–30, after forms of be 29, after than 30, defined 271, objective case as subject 31, between you and I 30

Phrases, defined 271, had better, as idiomatic verb phrase 18, hyphenating 256, modifying 12, prepositional, forming possessives 26

Pluperfect tense, defined, 271

Plurals, collective nouns 11, defined 271, forming 238–240, neither and 21, pronouns, any/anyone with 6, subject/verb agreement 35–37, verbs with each 15–16, verbs with either 16

Positive degree, defined, 272

Possessive case, defined, 272

Possessives, construction guidelines 26–27, defined 272, forming 241, gerund and (fused participle) 17, group 26

Predicate, defined, 48, 272

Predicate adjective, defined, 272

Predicate nominative, defined, 272

Prefixes, defined 272, formation 254

Prepositional phrases, dangling modifiers 12, defined 272, indicate possession 26

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