Sharp Electronic Dictionary PW-E550 User Manual

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B. Versus Endnotes

FOR-; FORE-

FORMAL WORDS

-FREE

FUDGE WORDS

FUNCTIONAL VARIATION

A. Generally
B. Nouns as Adjectives
C. Adjectives as Nouns
D. Nouns as Verbs
E. Adjectives as Verbs
F. Prepositions as Adverbs or

Particles

G. Conjunctions as Prepositions
H. Any Other Part of Speech as an

Interjection

FUSED PARTICIPLES

-FY

GALLICISMS

GERUNDS

GOVERNMENTAL FORMS

HYBRIDS

HYPALLAGE

HYPERCORRECTION

A. False Latin Plurals
B. Between you and I
C. Number Problems
D. Redundantly Formed Adverbs
E. As for like
F. Whom for who

B. Past-Participial Adjectives No

Longer Used as Verb Forms

C. AmE vs. BrE
D. Dialectal Forms
E. Derived Nouns Used as Verbs
F. Choice Between -ed and -

’d

ITALICS

A. Generally
B. Foreign Phrases

-IZE; -ISE

JARGON

LATINISMS

LEGALESE

LITERARY ALLUSION

MALAPROPISMS

METAPHORS

A. Generally
B. Mixed Metaphors
C. Dormant Metaphors

METATHESIS

MISCUES

A. Unintended Word Association
B. Misplaced Modifiers
C. Clear Referents
D. Failure to Hyphenate Phrasal

Adjectives

E. Misleading Phraseology
F. Ill-Advisedly Deleted that

MONDEGREENS

MORPHOLOGICAL DEFORMITIES

MUTE E

G. Unsplit Infinitives Causing

Miscues

H. Unsplit Verb Phrases
I. Prepositions Moved from the

Ends of Sentences

J. Borrowed Articles for Borrowed

Nouns

K. Overrefined Pronunciation

-IC; -ICAL

-ILE; -INE

ILLOGIC

A. Generally
B. Illogical Comparison
C. Danglers and Misplaced

Modifiers

D. The Disjointed Appositive
E. Mistaken Subject of a

Prepositional Phrase

F. Poor Exposition of Sequence
G. “Times less than”
H. “Times more than”
I. Miscellaneous Other Examples

INCOMPLETE SENTENCES

A. Fragments
B. Incomplete Sentences in

Informal Writing

INELEGANT VARIATION

INTER-; INTRA-

INVERSION

IRREGULAR VERBS

A. The Forms

NAMES

A. Capitalization
B. Jr., Sr., III, Etc.
C. Pronunciation of Foreign Names
D. Names with Particles
E. British Practices with American

Place Names

F. Proper Names as Adjectives
G. Pluralizing Proper Names
H. Names for Place Residents and

Natives

I. Other Sources

NEEDLESS VARIANTS

NEGATIVES
A. Negative Prefixes
B. Not un-; not in-
C. Periphrastic Negatives
D. Not . . . all

NEOLOGISMS

NONWORDS

NOUN PLAGUE

NUMERALS

A. General Guidance in Using
B. Not Beginning Sentences with
C. Round Numbers
D. Decades
E. Votes and Scores
F. Cardinal and Ordinal
G. Repetition
H. In Names

NUMERICAL PREFIXES

OBJECT-SHUFFLING

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