INDEX
A
accept vs except,
acronyms
active voice
adieu vs ado,
adjective clauses. See relative clauses
adjective phrases, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
adjectives
adverbs vs, 7.1, 17.1
attributive
comparatives
coordinate vs noncoordinate, 12.1, 14.1
nominal
as nouns
predicate, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1
superlatives
after verbs
verbs as
adjunct adverbs
ado vs adieu,
Adrenalin vs adrenaline,
adverbial clauses
adverbials
adjuncts, conjuncts, and disjuncts
adverbs vs, 8.1, 8.2
identifying
adverb phrases, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
adverbs
adjectives vs
adjunct
adverbials vs, 8.1, 8.2
common errors with
complexity of
definition of
flat
manner
postmodifiers
premodifiers
sentence
adverse vs averse,
advice vs advise,
affect vs effect,
aggravate vs irritate,
agreement
of indefinite pronouns with verbs and other pronouns
problems with
relative pronoun antecedent
subject-complement
subject-verb, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
ain’t, usage of
aisle vs isle,
all intents and purposes, spelling of
all ready vs already,
all right vs alright,
all together vs altogether,
all told, spelling of
allude vs elude,
allusion vs illusion,
along with, usage of
a lot, spelling of
already vs all ready,
alright vs all right,
altar vs alter,
altogether vs all together,
among vs between, 1.1, 29.1
antecedents, unclear
anxious vs eager,
any more vs anymore,
apostrophes
in holidays
for possessives
appositives
Associated Press Stylebook,
as well as, usage of
attributive adjectives
attributive nouns, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 12.1
auxiliary verbs
averse vs adverse,
a while vs awhile,
B
bad vs badly, 6.1, 29.1
bald-faced vs bold-faced,
bare vs bear,
bated breath, spelling of
bazaar vs bizarre,
bear vs bare,
because vs since,
beg the question, usage of
between vs among, 10
between you and me, usage of, 10.1, 16.1, 29.1
bizarre vs bazaar,
bold-faced vs bald-faced,
brake vs break,
breath vs breathe,
bring vs take,
broach vs brooch,
burglarize vs rob,
C
cache vs cachet,
canvas vs canvass,
cases
Chicago Manual of Style,
chord vs cord,
Churchill, Winston
cite vs sight vs site,
clauses
adverbial
comparative
coordinate, 2.1, 9.1
definition of
finite
identifying main
nominal (noun)
nonfinite
relative, 2.1, 5.1, 12.1, 13.1
restrictive
subordinate, 2.1, 9.1, 13.1
verbless
click vs clique,
clothes vs cloths,
coarse vs course,
collective nouns
commas
between coordinate adjectives
serial (Oxford), 9.1, 24.1
comment clauses
common nouns
comparative clauses
comparatives
complementary vs complimentary,
complement vs compliment,
complex sentences, 2.1, 9.1
compose vs comprise,
compound objects
compound sentences
compound subjects
compound words, hyphenating
comprise vs compose,
conditional determiners, 11.1, 11.2
conditional pronouns
conjunctions
coordinating
correlative
subordinating
consul vs council vs counsel,
contractions, 6.1, 21.1
coordinate clauses, 2.1, 9.1, 14.1
coordinating conjunctions
coordination
copular (linking) verbs, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1
cord vs chord,
corps vs corpse,
correlative conjunctions
could care less, usage of
could of, usage of
councillor vs councilor vs counselor,
council vs consul vs counsel,
count nouns
course vs coarse,
cue vs queue,
D
danglers
decimate, usage of
definite article, 4.1, 11.1
defuse vs diffuse,
demonstrative determiners, 11.1, 11.2
demonstrative pronouns
descent vs dissent,
desert vs dessert,
determiners
definite and indefinite articles
examples of
function of
pronouns vs
types of
dictionaries, 1.1, 26.1
different from vs different than,
diffuse vs defuse,
direct objects
disburse vs disperse,
discreet vs discrete,
disinterested vs uninterested,
disperse vs disburse,
dissent vs descent,
ditransitive verbs
done vs finished,
donut vs doughnut,
doorjamb, spelling of
double genitive
double negative
doughnut vs donut,
drank vs drink vs drunk vs drunken,
dreamed vs dreamt,
dummy operators
dyeing vs dying,
E
eager vs anxious,
editing styles
eek vs eke,
effect vs affect,
elicit vs illicit,
elude vs allude,
enormity, usage of
envelop vs envelope,
every, in coordinate subjects
every day vs everyday,
except vs accept,
exclamative determiners, 11.1, 11.2
exercise vs exorcise,
F
fair vs fare,
false attraction
farther vs further,
faze vs phase,
fewer vs less,
finished vs done,
finite clauses
finite verb phrases
firstly, usage of
flaunt vs flout,
flounder vs founder,
forbear vs forebear,
forego vs forgo,
foreword vs forward,
forth vs fourth,
founder vs flounder,
fragments
further vs farther,
fused participles
G
gender
generic pronouns
gerunds
definition of
possessive plus
good vs well, 6.1, 19.1, 29.1
gorilla vs guerilla,
grammar
definition of
myths
as standards based on practice
grisly vs grizzly,
guarantee vs guaranty,
guerilla vs gorilla,
H
hanged vs hung,
head noun
healthy vs healthful,
here’s, usage of
historic vs historical,
hoard vs horde,
hoarse vs horse,
holidays, apostrophes in
home in vs hone in,
hopefully, usage of
horde vs hoard,
horse vs hoarse,
hung vs hanged,
hyphenation
I
I, usage of, in compound noun phrases
idioms
illicit vs elicit,
illusion vs allusion,
impact, usage of
imperative mood
imperative sentences, 2.1, 6.1, 27.1
imply vs infer,
indefinite articles, 4.1, 11.1
indefinite pronouns, 5.1, 15.1
indicative mood
indirect objects
infer vs imply,
infinitives
form of
splitting, 1.1, 25.1
initialisms
in regard to, usage of
interrogative determiners, 11.1, 11.2
intransitive verbs, 2.1, 6.1
irregardless, usage of
irregular verbs, 6.1, 6.2
irritate vs aggravate,
isle vs aisle,
it, special functions of
it’s vs its, 11.1, 21.1, 29.1
L
ladder vs latter,
lay vs lie,
lead vs led,
less than vs under,
less vs fewer,
let’s vs lets,
lexical verbs
lie vs lay,
lighted vs lit,
lightening vs lightning,
like vs such as,
linking verbs. See copular verbs
literally, usage of
lit vs lighted,
loose vs lose,
M
manner adverbs
medal vs metal vs meddle vs mettle,
media, usage of
mete out, usage of
miner vs minor,
modal auxiliary verbs, 6.1, 6.2
monotransitive verbs
moods
more importantly, usage of
more than vs over, 25.1, 29.1
myriad, usage of
myself, usage of
N
nauseated vs nauseous,
naval vs navel,
negation, 6.1, 12.1
nominal adjectives
nominal (noun) clauses
nominal relative determiners
nominal relatives
noncount nouns
none, usage of, 15.1, 29.1
nonfinite clauses
nonfinite verb phrases
nonrestrictive modifiers
noun clauses
noun phrases, 2.1, 9.1, 12.1
nouns
adjectives as
attributive, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 12.1
case and
collective
common
count and noncount
definition of
head
plural, 4.1, 21.1
possessives of, 4.1, 21.1
pronouns vs
proper, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
singular
verbing of
verbs as
O
object complement
object predicative, 2.1, 12.1
object pronouns
of-phrases, to show possession
one of the only, usage of
only, placement of
operators
ordinance vs ordnance,
over vs more than, 25.1, 29.1
Oxford comma, 9.1, 24.1
P
palate vs palette vs pallet,
parallel construction, faulty
participial modifiers
participles
dangling
fused
past
progressive, 6.1, 6.2
parts of speech. See also individual parts of speech
passed vs past,
passive voice
past participles
past perfect
past vs passed,
peace vs piece,
peak vs peek vs pique,
pedal vs peddle vs petal,
personal pronouns
phase vs faze,
phrasal verbs
phrases
adjective, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
adverb, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
definition of, 2.1, 2.2
noun, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
prepositional, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
verb, 2.1, 6.1, 12.1, 14.1
piece vs peace,
pique vs peak vs peek,
plain vs plane,
plural nouns, forming, 4.1, 21.1
pole vs poll,
pore vs pour,
possessive determiners
possessives
attributive forms vs
forming, 4.1, 21.1
of-phrases vs
of pronouns, 5.1, 11.1, 21.1
quasi
shared
postmodifiers, 8.1, 12.1
pour vs pore,
precede vs proceed,
predicate adjectives, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1
predicate nominative
prefixes
premodifiers, 8.1, 12.1
prepositional phrases, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
prepositions
choosing the right, 10.1, 22.1
common errors with
complements of, 12.1, 12.2
definition of
stranded
present perfect
principal vs principle,
proceed vs precede,
progressive participles, 6.1, 6.2
pronouns
case and, 4.1, 4.2
categories of
conditional
demonstrative
determiners vs, 5.1, 11.1
gender of
generic
indefinite
nouns vs
personal
possessive, 5.1, 11.1, 21.1
reciprocal
reflexive
relative, 5.1, 15.1
subject vs object
proper nouns
capitalizing, 4.1, 4.2
common nouns vs, 4.1, 4.2
plurals of, 4.1, 4.2
possessives of, 4.1, 21.1
Q
quantifying determiners, 11.1, 11.2
quasi possessives
questions
queue vs cue,
R
raise vs raze,
rational vs rationale,
reason is because, usage of
reciprocal pronouns
reflexive pronouns
regardless vs irregardless,
regards, usage of
regular verbs, 6.1, 6.2
reign vs rein,
relative clauses, 2.1, 5.1, 12.1, 13.1
relative determiners, 11.1, 11.2
relative pronouns, 5.1, 15.1
restrictive clauses
restrictive modifiers
rob vs burglarize,
role vs roll,
S
s (letter), roles of
secondly, usage of
sentence adverbs
sentence fragments
sentences
basic structures for
complex, 2.1, 9.1
compound
imperative, 2.1, 27.1
simple, 2.1, 9.1
sentential relative clauses
serial comma, 9.1, 24.1
should of, usage of
sight vs cite vs site,
simple sentences, 2.1, 9.1
sleight of hand, spelling of
sneaked vs snuck,
sneak peek, spelling of
standard English, 1.1, 15.1
stationary vs stationery,
statue vs statute,
straight vs strait,
stranded prepositions
style guides
subject-complement agreement
subject predicative, 2.1, 6.1, 12.1, 12.2
subject pronouns
subject-verb agreement, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
subjunctive mood, 6.1, 6.2
subordinate clauses, 2.1, 9.1, 13.1
subordinating conjunctions
such as vs like,
suffixes
superlatives
swam vs swum,
syntax, definition of
T
take vs bring,
tenses
tense shift
than vs then,
that
which vs, 1.1, 5.1, 29.1
who vs
their
as singular pronoun
there vs they’re vs,
them, as singular pronoun
then vs than,
there
existential
their vs they’re vs,
there’s, usage of, 15.1, 21.1, 29.1
they, as singular pronoun, 15.1, 29.1
they’re vs their vs there,
’til vs till vs until,
too…of, usage of
transitive verbs, 2.1, 6.1
try and vs try to,
U
under vs less than,
uninterested vs disinterested,
until vs ’til vs till,
V
vain vs vane vs vein,
verbless clauses
verb phrases, 2.1, 6.1, 12.1, 14.1
verbs
as adjectives
adjectives after
agreement of subjects and, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
analyzing
aspects
auxiliary
contractions, 6.1, 21.1
copular (linking), 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1
dummy operators
forms, 6.1, 21.1
functions of
gerunds
intransitive, 2.1, 6.1
lexical
modal auxiliary, 6.1, 6.2
moods
as nouns
nouns as
operators
participial modifiers
phrasal
regular vs irregular, 6.1, 6.2
tenses
transitive, 2.1, 6.1
voice
vice vs vise
vocatives
voice
W
waist vs waste,
waiver vs waver,
waive vs wave,
was vs were,
weather vs whether,
well
as adverb and adjective
good vs, 6.1, 19.1, 29.1
were vs was,
whether vs weather,
which vs that, 1.1, 5.1, 29.1
who
as singular vs plural
that vs
whom vs, 16.1, 29.1
whomever vs whoever, 16.1, 29.1
who’s vs whose, 21.1, 29.1
word classes and word functions
Y
your vs you’re,