Index

A

adjective 31, 181

adjectival 34

article 31

comparison of 34

irregular adjective 37

predicate adjective 82

regular adjective 35

adverb 12, 41, 181

adverbial 45

comparison of 42

conjunctive adverb 107

interrogative adverb 46

irregular adverb 44

relative adverb 129

article 31

definite article 32

indefinite article 32

C

capitalization 246

case x, 67

nominative case 67, 88

objective case 68, 84, 85, 87

possessive case 68

clause 93, 113

dependent clause 101, 113, 147

elliptical clause 102

independent clause 101, 113

nominal clause 114, 133, 140, 148, 172

relative clause 114, 126, 148, 182

non-restrictive 132, 238

restrictive 132

subordinate clause 96, 147, 182

conjunction 91, 181

conjunctive adverb 107

coordinating conjunction 91

correlative coordinating conjunction 95

correlative subordinating conjunction 99

subordinating conjunction 96

E

expletive 173

expletive it 221

expletive there 221

F

form 182

function 182

G

grammar v

descriptive grammar x

generative grammar ix

prescriptive grammar x

traditional grammar ix

I

inflection vi

interjection 181

M

modifier 2, 30

sentence modifier 223

mood 225

conditional mood 226

imperative mood 226

indicative mood 226

interrogative mood 226

subjunctive mood 229

N

noun 6, 168, 181

common noun 168

direct object viii, 83

indirect object viii, 84

irregular plural 169

nominalizer 142, 148

noun phrase 30

of direct address 175

proper noun 168

question-word nominal 141

P

paragraph coherence 107, 121

particle 54, 163, 183

parts of speech 180

adjective 31, 181

adverb 12, 41, 181

conjunction 91, 181

interjection 179, 181

noun 6, 168, 181

preposition 52, 100, 181

pronoun 31, 65, 181

verb 7, 181

phrase 30

absolute phrase 224

predicate ix, 1

complement (of verb) 81

complete predicate 2

object complement 86

passive complement 160

predicate adjective 57

predicate nominative 82

simple predicate 2

preposition 52, 100, 181

object of 52

phrasal preposition 59

prepositional phrase 52, 159, 163

pronoun 31, 65, 181

agreement of 73

antecedent 65

appositive 171

non-restrictive appositive 177

restrictive appositive 177

compound pronoun 141, 216

demonstrative pronoun 213

gender of 67

indefinite pronoun 215

intensifying pronoun 213

interrogative pronoun 46, 214

personal pronoun 66, 212

person (of pronoun) 67

reciprocal pronoun 217

reflexive pronoun 87, 212

relative pronoun 126, 212

punctuation 233

abbreviation 246

apostrophe 234

colon 240

comma 235

parenthetical commas 132, 235

serial commas 238

single comma 236

ellipses 244

period 246

quotation marks 242

semi-colon 239

square brackets 244

S

sentence viii, 114

complex sentence 116

compound-complex sentence 116

compound sentence 93, 115

compound structure 91

declarative sentence viii, 1, 117

exclamatory sentence 119

fragment 116

imperative sentence 119

interrogative sentence 117

simple sentence viii, 115

transposed order 4

subject ix, 1

complete subject 2

simple subject 2

subject-verb agreement 12

T

tag question 118

tense x, 16

perfect progressive tense 20

perfect tense 18

simple progressive tense 19

simple tense 17

transposed order 4

V

verb 7, 181

action verb 7

active verb vii

active voice verb 159, 161

auxiliary verb 10

modal auxiliary 11, 226

ought to 228

complement of 160

passive complement 160

complement (of verb) 81

infinitive 162, 197

bare infinitive 201

passive infinitive 202

perfect infinitive 203

intransitive verb 24, 83, 158

irregular verb 22

linking verb 7

main verb 9

participle 54, 58, 188

passive verb vii

passive voice verb 159, 161, 164

past participle 18, 21, 159

phrasal verb 54, 163

present participle 21

principal parts of 16, 21

regular verb 16, 21

subject-verb agreement 12

transitive verb 24, 83, 158

verbal 185, 197

voice of 158

verbal 185, 197

gerund 185

infinitive 162, 185

dangling infinitive 205

participle 54, 58, 185, 188

dangling participle 189

voice 158

active voice 159, 164

passive voice 159, 164