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Contractions
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
A contraction consists of 2 words combined by omitting 1 or more letters (eg, can't, aren't). An apostrophe shows where the omission has occurred. Contractions are usually avoided in formal writing. |
Double Negatives
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Two negatives used together in a sentence constitute a double negative. The use of a double negative to express a positive is acceptable, although it yields a weaker affirmative than the simpler ...
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Mood
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Verbs may have 1 of 3 moods: (1) the indicative (the most common; used for ordinary objective statements), (2) the imperative (used for requesting or commanding), and (3) the subjunctive. Subjunctive ...
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Split Infinitives and Verb Phrases
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Although some authorities may still advise the avoidance of split infinitives, this proscription a holdover from Latin grammar, wherein the infinitive is a single word and cannot be split has been ...
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Tense
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Tense indicates the time relation of a verb: present (I am), past (I was), future (I will be), present perfect (I have been), past perfect (I had been), and future perfect (I will have been). It is ...
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Verbs
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Verbs express an action, an occurrence, or a mode of being. They have voice, mood, and tense. | In the active voice, the subject does the acting; in the passive voice, the subject is acted on. In ...
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Voice
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
In the active voice, the subject does the acting; in the passive voice, the subject is acted on. In general, authors should use the active voice, except in instances in which the actor is unknown or ...
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