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GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT
Infinitives: definition, 56, 205, 259; split,
259-261
Intensive pronouns, 248
Interrobang, 123
Italics: for emphasis, 118, 123, 277-278; for
emphasis in dialogue, 278-280; for
emphasizing words in a quotation,
168-169, 177, 284-285; with foreign
words, 280-282; functions of, 277; with
headings, 283; with new terms, 282;
with punctuation following italicized
text, 96, 104, 124, 285; with stage
directions, 283-284; style conventions
for, 285; with text of a letter, 280; with
titles, 180, 282-283; with words used
as words, 284
Its versus it's, 195, 248-249
Jargon, 317-318
Latin words: abbreviations of, 112;
mishyphenation of, 27 -28; plurals of,
45-46
Lists: capitalization in, 27 4; colon before,
99-100, 113; parallel structure in, 109,
230, 274; parentheses with, 113, 149;
periods with, 108-109, 112-113
Lowercase letters: starting a sentence with,
269; See also Capitalization
Main clauses. See Independent clauses
Male-only pronouns, avoiding, 253-254, 258,
288-289, 296-302
Misplaced modifiers, 233, 234-235, 236
Misused words, 33-41
Modifiers: definition, 232; proper placement
of, 232-237; and subject-verb
agreement, 209-210; See also Dangling
modifiers, Misplaced. modifiers,
Squinting modifiers
More than one, 218-219
Negative formations: examples of common
errors, 51-52; prefixes and suffixes in,
48-52
None, 217-218
Nonrestrictive elements, 73-79, 246-247
Not only ... but also, 228-229
Nouns: capitalization of, 270-272; predicate,
211; proper, 270; See also Compound
words
Numbers: brackets with, 171; colon with, 103;
comma with, 86; contractions of,
193-194; hyphen with, 30-31; period
with, 113; plurals of, 198-199; slash
with, 142
Objects, 56, 239, 241
One of those, 218-219
326
One or more, 218-219
One, use of as personal pronoun, 257-258,
300
Organizing information: within a passage,
311-313, 322; within a sentence,
308-311,322
Overuse of a word, avoiding, 315-317, 322
Paragraphs: in dialogue, 172-175; ordering
sentences within, 311-313, 322
Parallel structure: definition, 223-224;
examples of faulty parallelism,
224-230, 311-312; in lists, 109, 230,
274; as literary device, 230-231
Parentheses: with abbreviations, 150; when
to use brackets instead of, 150, 166,
170; capitalization within, 152, 268;
compared with commas and dashes, 71,
144, 155, 156; enclosing stand-alone
sentences, 146-147, 151; enclosing
digressions, 145-149, 251; digressions
within, 150-151, 170; enclosing
exclamation point, 123; functions of,
144-145; with list items, 113, 149;
enclosing minor details, 149-150;
enclosing parts of sentences, 107,
145-146, 151-152, 268; with other
punctuation, 108, 124, 151-152; with
references, 149-150; with stage
directions, 170, 283; style conventions
for, 150-152; enclosing symbols, 150
Parenthetical elements: set off by commas,
71-79, 170; set off by dashes, 154-156;
set off by parentheses, 145-149; and
subject-verb agreement, 208-209
Passive voice: definition, 286; uses of, 256,
287-289, 301; See also Active voice
Period: with abbreviations, 108, 109-112; as
decimal point, 113; ending a sentence,
106-109; functions of, 106; with
headings and captions, 103, 113; with
list items, 108-109, 112-113; within
parentheses, 107, 152; with requests,
118; with rhetorical questions, 118;
with other terminal punctuation, 108,
124, 183; with time indicators, 103, 111
Personal pronouns, 195, 239-244, 256-258,
296-302
Phrases: avoiding before a colon, 98-1 00;
commas before and after, 67-70;
definition, 58; hyphenation of, 26
Plural formations: of abbreviations, 198-199,
273; collective nouns, 214-216, 255; of
compound words, 42-43; of foreign
words, 45-47; irregular plurals, 42-47;
of names, 199-200; possessives of,
194-195; of sibilants, 43, 200; of single
letters or numerals, 198-199; of words
ending in a vowel, 199-200; of words