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name-year system of documentation (CSE style)
narration, pattern of organization (paragraph)
narrative writing. See literacy narrative
narrowing a subject
checklist for assessing the writing situation
in research papers
N.B. (nota bene, “note well”)
n.d. (“no date”)
APA style, in-text citations
APA style, reference list
MLA style, works cited list
nearly, placement of
needed words
articles (a, an, the)
with common nouns
with proper nouns
for complete comparisons
in compound structures
it
for logical comparisons
in parallel structures
subjects
multilingual tip: avoiding sentence fragments
that
there
verbs
multilingual tip: avoiding sentence fragments
multilingual tip: needed articles, verbs, subjects
negative space
negatives
adverbs (not, never, etc.)
double, avoiding (not none)
forming (does not want)
neither (singular)
pronoun-antecedent agreement
subject-verb agreement
neither. . . nor
correlative conjunction
parallelism with
pronoun agreement
subject-verb agreement
never
as adverb
double negatives, avoiding (didn’t never)
nevertheless
comma with
semicolon with
news (singular)
news broadcast, purpose of and audience for
newsletter, in business
newspapers
abbreviating titles, CSE style
capitalizing titles
APA style
Chicago style
MLA style
citing
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
MLA style
quotation marks for titles of articles
news sites
no
comma with
double negatives, avoiding (like don’t have no)
nobody (singular)
pronoun-antecedent agreement
subject-verb agreement
noncount nouns (mass nouns)
commonly used noncount nouns
count vs. noncount nouns
quantifiers (enough, any, etc.)
the with specific noncount nouns
none (singular or plural)
pronoun-antecedent agreement
subject-verb agreement
usage note
nonrestrictive (nonessential) elements, commas with
non sequitur
nonsexist language
avoiding sexist language
with pronoun-antecedent agreement
recognizing sexist language
nonstandard English
no one (singular)
pronoun-antecedent agreement
subject-verb agreement
nor
comma with
coordinating conjunction
parallelism (with neither)
pronoun-antecedent agreement
subject-verb agreement
not
adverb
double negatives, avoiding (not never)
forming negatives (does not want)
placement of
notes (footnotes or endnotes)
APA style
formatting
sample footnote (Mirano; APA)
Chicago (CMS) style
directory to Chicago (CMS) notes and bibliography entries
formatting
sample endnotes (Bishop; Chicago)
MLA style
note taking
for analysisof image or multimodal text
annotated written text
of written text
annotated multimodal text (Equal Exchange ad)
annotated multimodal text (McDonald’s ad)
avoiding plagiarism with note taking
avoiding plagiarism from the Web
double-entry notebookfor image or multimodal text
excerpt from a double-entry notebook for an image or a multimodal text
for written text
excerpt from a double-entry notebook for a written text
and drafting
to generate ideas
in literature papers
on podcastsample analysis of a podcast
notes on an audio podcast
research log for
in research process
paraphrasing a source
quoting a source
summarizing a source
nothing (singular)
pronoun-antecedent agreement
subject-verb agreement
not only. . . but also
correlative conjunction
parallelism with
pronoun agreement
subject-verb agreement
noun/adjectives
noun clauses
words introducing
noun markers
nouns. See also nouns, types of
adjectives with
appositives. See appositives
articles with
using the with geographical names
choosing articles for common nouns
capitalizing
defined
direct address, with comma
plural
after prepositions
nouns, types of. See also nouns
proper nouns and common nouns
types of nouns
abstract
collective (like committee, jury)
pronoun agreement
subject-verb agreement
common
defined
vs. proper
concrete
count
defined
general vs. specific
generic
noncount
commonly used noncount nouns
possessive
proper
defined
vs. common
singular and plural
specific, concrete
novels, quotation from
novel titles
capitalizing
italics
nowheres (nonstandard)
N.p. (“no place”)
N.p. (“no publisher”)
n. pag. (“no pagination”)
number, amount
number, verb agreement
number and person
shifts
subject-verb agreement
numbers
commas in
consistency
hyphens in
italics
plural
spelled out vs. numerals
nursing, writing in
sample clinical practice paper, nursing (Riss; APA)