| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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Subject Index |
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Descriptive clause, defined,
266
| Determiner, defined,
266
| Dialect, defined,
267
| Diminutive, defined,
267
| Direct object, defined,
267
| Disjunctive, defined,
267
| Dissimilation,
220
| Double genitive construction,
26
| Double negative,
defined 267,
hardly/scarcely and 18,
use of 14–15
| Double passive construction,
15
| E-mail (electronic mail)
acronyms 261,
advantages 258–259,
disadvantages 259–260,
"emoticons" or "smileys," 262,
forms of 260,
informality 261–262, 263,
reader expectations 262–263,
standard/bulletin boards/chat rooms 260
| Elliptical clauses,
dangling modifiers 12,
defined 267
| Epicene pronouns,
defined 267,
use of 172–174, 179
| Ethnic terms,
See Names and labels
| Finite, defined
267
| Foreign words,
forming plurals 240,
hyphenating modifiers 256
| Formal English, xi
| Function word, defined,
267
| Fused participles (gerund and possessives) ,
17
| Future perfect tense, defined,
267
| Future tense,
defined 267,
use of 42, 43
| Gender
construction guidelines 170–171,
construction specifics 171–184,
defined 268,
pronouns 17, 22, 27–28
| Gender–neutral, defined,
268
| Generic pronouns,
172–174, 177–178, 179
| Genitive case,
defined 268,
possessive constructions 26
| Gerund,
compounds 255,
defined 268,
use of 17–18
| Grammar,
absolute constructions 1,
absolute terms 1–2,
adjectives 2–3,
adverbs 3–4,
collective nouns 11,
dangling modifiers 11–13,
defined 268,
double negative 14–15, 18,
double passive construction 15
| Grammar,
participles 24–25,
possessive constructions 25–27,
prepositions 27,
pronouns, agreement of 27–28,
pronouns, personal 28–31,
pronouns, reflexive and intensive 31–32,
split infinitive 34–35,
subject/verb agreement 35–37,
subjunctive mood 37–39,
terms/basics, alphabetical listing 264–275,
verbs 8, 41–47,
very, past participles and 47
| Grammatical agreement,
35–36
| Group possessive,
26
| Head, defined
268
| Helping verbs,
8
| Homographs, hyphens and,
254
| Hyphens, use of,
253–257
| Idiomatic verb phrases
18
| Imperative mood,
41, 268
| Imperfect tense, defined,
268
| Inanimate nouns,
26
| Indefinite article,
defined 268,
use of 66
| Indefinite pronouns,
defined 268,
use of 27, 28
| Independent clause, defined,
269
| Indicative mood,
41, 269
| Indirect object, defined,
269
| Infinitives,
defined 269,
passive 15,
split 34–35
| Inflection, defined,
269
| Intensive, defined,
269
| Intensive pronouns,
31–32, 34
| Interrogative pronouns,
28
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