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
