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demonstrative determiners imperative mood 55 in numbers 107 e-mails 86, 201
32 and interjections 62 prefixes 107, 142 English around the world
interrogative determiners exclamations 69, 113 suspended 107 14–15
33 eye contact 181, 224, 229 figurative 209, 213
and nouns 23, 32, 33 persuasive 202–203, 245
possessive determiners 33, I layouts 194–195
36, 37 F blogs 215
and pronouns 36, 37 “i before e” rule 156–157 letters 190, 200, 201
singular or plural 36, 37 facts 55, 68, 88, 190, 193, I or me? 78 Latin words 122, 138
see also articles 196, 203 iambic pentameter 135 abbreviations 172
diagrams 195, 197, 229 fewer or less? 79 idea generation 186, 187 root words 127, 140, 141, 240
dialects 14, 15, 222 fiction 189 idioms 84 leaflets 190, 194, 196, 205
dialogue 13, 88, 213, 217 figurative language 209, 213 images see pictures letters of the alphabet 126
dictionaries 64, 129 figures of speech 85 indentation 188 letters, writing 188–189, 196
abbreviations 86 flash cards 228 independent clauses complaint 200
Oxford English Dictionary fonts 191, 194, 195 see main clauses formal 183, 200
176 footnotes 121, 243 indexes 129 informal 201
Webster’s Dictionary 14, 175 foreign words 122 indirect speech 88, 89 layout 190, 200, 201
digraphs 133 formal writing 191 informal language 86–87, 183, linking words and phrases 204
direct address 97, 203, 205, exclamation marks 112 191 see also conjunctions
211 letters 183, 200, 246 blogs 215 lists 99, 101
direct speech 88, 89 and prepositions 60 letters 201 bullet points 116
punctuation in 88, 97, superlatives 28 spoken language 12, 13, 226 numbered 117
108–109 fractions 107, 118 see also colloquialisms, literally, use of 79
direction of travel 115 French words 139, 141 slang logos 214
Domesday Book 138 initialisms 173
instructions 196, 197
G interjections 21, 62–63, 97, M
E gender of words 30, 36, 37 113 magazine articles 190
asides 63
editing 220–221 genres 190 emotion, expressing 62 advice columns 205
ellipses 95, 223 gerunds 47 greetings 63 headlines 194, 196
e-mails 94, 120, 200, 201 good or well? 79 Internet see Web pull quotes 195
language 86, 201 graphemes interruptions 63 main clauses 66, 72
emoticons 103 consonants 132–133 using commas 97, linking 58, 70–71, 98
emotion, expressing 62, 69 vowels 130–131 using dashes 115 maps 197, 210
exclamation points 112 graphs 195, 229 adding emphasis 113 may or might? 78
language 202–203, 245 Greek root words 127, 138 using parentheses 114 measurements
real-life stories 202 140, 141, 240 introductions 187, 188 metric 95, 175
rhetorical questions 111, 203 greetings 63, 222 irony 85 metaphor 84, 85, 209
in speech 89 italics 122–123, 194 mid-Atlantic English 177
emphasis its or it’s? 79 mind maps 186
colons 102 H mnemonics 156, 165, 243
commands 49, 55 haiku poetry 134 modifiers 76–77
to contradict 48 hashes see pound signs J adverbs 41, 76
determination 49 headings, letters 200 compound words 162–163
exaggeration 203 headlines 194, 196, 199, 214 jargon 87, 182, 183, 191 hyphens (compound
exclamation points 113 hesitation devices 63 job seeking 11, 19, 200, 201, modifiers) 106
figures of speech 85 holy books 123 240 squinting 77
intonation 228 homographs 167 Jonson, Ben 101 moods 54, 55
italicization 123, 194 homonyms 166, 242 imperative 55, 197
rhetorical questions 111, 203 homophones 127, 167, 242 indicative 55
in sentences 184 humor, creating 183 K in narratives 213
errors, checking for 220–221 hyperbole 85 key words 192, 214 re-creations 218
essays 109, 188 hyperlinks 215 role play 225
euphemism 85 hyphens 106–107 in scripts 217
exaggeration 203 compound adjectives 26, L subjunctive 55
exclamation points 112–113 106, 107 morphemes 136–137
commands 55, 69, 94 compound words 163, 177 language 11, 191, 227 morphology 137
after an ellipsis 95 descriptive 208, 209