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Garner's Modern American Usage
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Garner's Modern American Usage LIST OF ESSAY ENTRIES This data contains essentially two types of entries: (1) word entries, which discuss a particular word or set of words; and (2) essay entries, which address larger questions of usage and style. For ease of reference, the essay entries-whose titles appear throughout the data in capitals-are listed below. ABBREVIATIONS A. Acronyms and Initialisms B. Resulting Redundancies C. Initialese D. Plurals -ABLE A. Choice of -able or -ible B. Attaching -able to Nouns C. Attaching -able to Intransitive Verbs D. Converting -ate Verbs into -able Adjectives E. Dropping or Retaining the Medial -e- ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTIONS ABSTRACTITIS ADJECTIVES A. Definition B. Uncomparable Adjectives C. Coordinate Adjectives D. Proper Names as Adjectives E. Adjectives vs. Adverbs F. Past-Participial Adjectives G. Phrasal or Compound Adjectives H. Modification of Adjectives Ending in -ed I. Adjectives Ending in -ly J. Adjectives That Follow the Noun K. Dates as Adjectives L. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives M. Animal Adjectives N. Adjectives as Nouns O. Adjectives as Verbs P. Nouns as Adjectives Q. Pronunciation R. Adjective-Noun Disagreement ADVERBS A. Placement of Adverbs B. Awkward Adverbs C. Double Adverbs D. Adjectives or Adverbs After Linking Verbs E. Adverbs vs. Adjectives AE -AGOG(UE) -AHOLIC; -AHOLISM AIRLINESE ALLITERATION A. Purposeful Examples B. Accidental Examples AMERICANISMS AND BRITISHISMS A. Generally B. Americanisms Invading BrE C. Britishisms Invading AmE D. Related Entries ANIMAL ADJECTIVES ANTE-; ANTI- ANTICIPATORY REFERENCE APPOSITIVES ARCHAISMS A. Generally B. Mistakes Caused by Archaism -ATABLE BACK-FORMATIONS BE-VERBS A. Wrongly Omitted in Nonfinite Uses B. Circumlocutions with Be-Verbs C. For say D. Reduplicative Copula BI-; SEMI- BUREAUCRATESE BURIED VERBS -C-; -CK- CANNIBALISM CAPITALIZATION A. Generally B. Overcapitalizing C. Titles D. Up-Style Headings E. All Capitals F. Small Caps G. After Colon H. Names -CAST CASUALISMS A. Generally B. Changes over Time C. Shortened Forms D. Proliferation -CE; -CY CENTURY DESCRIPTIONS CHRONOLOGY -CIDE CLASS DISTINCTIONS CLICHÉS COA. Hyphenation with B. Attaching to Noun Phrase C. When Unnecessary COLLECTIVE NOUNS A. Number B. BrE vs. AmE COMMERCIALESE COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES A. Choice Between Comparative and Superlative 45