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- unified paragraph
- A paragraph that focuses on and develops a single main idea. (6a)
- usage label
- In dictionaries, a notation indicating a particular sense of a word-for example, Informal, Archaic. (48b-6)
- usage note
- In dictionaries, an expert judgment about the correct use of a word. (48b-6)
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- verb
- A word that expresses action, occurrence, or existence. (30a-4, Chapter 32). See also specific types of verbs.
- verb complement
- A participial or infinitive phrase attached to a verb-for example, in the sentence "I like to swim," to swim is the complement of the verb like. (61b)
- verb of state
- A verb that expresses a condition or state, rather than an action or event-for example, involve, need, consist of. Verbs of state do not have progressive tense forms. Also called a stative verb. (32d-1, 61f)
- verb phrase
- A main verb plus any auxiliary verbs. Also called a simple predicate. (32c)
- verb tense
- The form a verb takes to indicate the time of the action or the state of being. (32d, 39b)
- verbal
- A verb form that functions in a sentence as a noun, adverb, or adjective. There are three types of verbals: participles, gerunds, and infinitives. (30a-9, 30c-2)
- verbal aspect
- The particular form a verb takes, within its tense, to indicate duration or completion of the verb's action or state of being. Standard Edited English has three verbal aspects: perfect, progressive, and perfect progressive. Also called aspect. (32d)
- voice
- The form a transitive verb takes to indicate whether the subject is acting (active voice) or being acted upon (passive voice). (32g, 39b) Sometimes used to refer to the tone of a piece of writing. (See12a-3.)
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- warrant
- An assumption in the form of a general statement or rule (often unstated) that logically connects the evidence or data a writer is using to the point he or she is making. (7e-2)
- working bibliography
- A listing of all the sources you encounter in your research. May not be in final citation format. (8d)
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