Index

A

abbreviations 220–221

alternatives for 221

including in translation glossaries 221

Latin 220

non-technical 220–221

acronyms

adding verb suffixes or prefixes to 21, 22

for prioritizing guidelines 11, 238

parentheses and 188

action, as noun or verb 19–20

adjectives

adjective + -ING word + noun 157

both as 129

either as 129

expanding into a relative clause 126–127

hyphens in noun and adjective forms of multi-word verbs 178–179

-ING word + adjective + noun 156–157

-ING words as 151–153

non-standard comparative and superlative adjectives 27

noun phrases and 52

predicate adjectives 150

revising adjectives that follow nouns 126–127

unambiguous -ING words 156–157

used as nouns 20–21

used as verbs 21

which as 109

adverbs

conjunctive adverbs ...

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