Elementary Rules of Usage

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Across
  1. 2. An ___ usually modifies by telling how, when, where, why, under what conditions, or to what degree. An ___ is often formed by adding -ly to an adjective.
  2. 8. ___ are adjectives that answer the question "Which one?"
  3. 10. ___ express a state of being.
  4. 13. are words intended to express different levels of emotion or surprise, and are usually seen as independent grammatically from the main sentence.
  5. 16. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an___ clause.
  6. 17. Has a trunk
  7. 19. Likes to chase mice
  8. 20. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the___.
  9. 21. Man's best friend
  10. 22. ___ join words, phrases, or clauses
  11. 24. A ___ phrase never contains the subject of a sentence.
Down
  1. 1. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the ___ subject.
  2. 3. Enclose ___ expressions between commas.
  3. 4. The number of the ___ determines the number of the verb.
  4. 5. ___adjectives are not separated by commas. Rich chocolate layer cake cannot be changed to layer chocolate rich cake. The rule is that ___ adjectives generally occurs in the following order: opinion (useful, lovely, ugly), size (big, small), age (young, old), shape (square, squiggly), color (cobalt, yellow), origin (Canadian, solar), material (granite, wool), and purpose (shopping, running).
  5. 6. Use a ___ after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation.
  6. 7. Do not break ___ in two.
  7. 8. Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long ___ or summary.
  8. 9. The name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
  9. 11. ___ replace nouns. Without them, language would be repetitious, lengthy, and awkward.
  10. 12. Large marsupial
  11. 14. Flying mammal
  12. 15. ___ adjectives, are equal and separate in the way they modify a noun. For example, we can freely rearrange a dull, dark, and depressing day: a depressing, dark, dull day. Separate two or more ___ adjectives with commas (note that no comma goes immediately before the noun).
  13. 18. Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding___.
  14. 23. In a sentence, the ___ expresses what the subject does (She hopes for the job) or what the subject is (She is confident).