ates, 180 acoustics, plural-only word, 134
deleting half, proofreading strategy, 346 acronyms, 206, 209
direct address, 177–178 ACT test, topics on
introductory words, 181 agreement, 121
inverted commas, 162 commas, 173
participles, 173–175 comparisons, 279
quiz on, 171, 172–173, 175, 180–181 description placement
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semicolons, 332 parallelism, 281
in a series, 169–171 prepositions, 105
untangling clauses, 330 repetition, 342
which/that, 174–175 sentences, complete, 326
– or — (dashes) usage, sophisticated, 239
long dashes (em dashes —), 185–187 verb tense, 241, 251
quiz on, 186–187 verb voice, 237
short dashes (en dashes –), 187–188 verbals, 246
. . . (ellipsis), 59, 70, 163–164 writing style, 323
! (exclamation points), 70, 159–160 action verbs
- (hyphens), 144, 188–189 complements that follow, 74–75
( ) (parentheses), 123 examples of, 24–25
. (periods), 70 linking verbs, distinguishing between, 25
? (question marks), 70, 157–159
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action-verb sentences, 44. See also active- among/between
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verb sentences ampersand (&), 206
active voice, 235–238, 287 analysis/analyses, 123
active-verb sentences, 236–238. See also analysts, subject-verb agreement, 134
action-verb sentences and, 61, 68, 206
addresses, punctuation of, 178–179 antecedents
adjective clauses, 254 improper antecedents, 313
adjectives pronoun antecedents, 109–110, 117, 313
as adverbs, 97 pronoun-antecedent pairs, 110, 114–116
adverbs describing, 93 any
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commas with
cheap newports cigarettes, 171–173 any way, 28
compared to prepositional phrases, 105 anybody, 117, 132
dei nition
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describing nouns, 87