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Modifiers (Noun Strings)
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Although in English nouns can be used as modifiers, overuse of noun modifiers can lead to a lack of clarity. Purists may demand stricter rules on usage, but, as with the use of nouns as verbs (see , ...
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Modifying Gerunds
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
When a noun or pronoun precedes a gerund (a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun), the noun or pronoun is possessive. (See also , Punctuation, Apostrophe.)The toxicity of the drug was not ...
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Nouns
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Nouns (words that name a person, place, thing, or idea) may serve as subjects or objects. | Although in English nouns can be used as modifiers, overuse of noun modifiers can lead to a lack of ...
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Subject-Complement Agreement
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Subjects and complements should agree in number.The child can take off his own shoes. We asked trial participants to return their pill dispensers. However, when the complement is shared by all ...
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