N

narrative writing. See literacy narrative

narrowing a subject

n.d. (“no date”)

needed words

negatives

neither (singular)

neither. . . nor

never

nevertheless

newspapers

citing

double negatives, avoiding (like don’t have no)

subject-verb agreement

the with specific noncount nouns

subject-verb agreement

non sequitur

nonstandard English

subject-verb agreement

subject-verb agreement

placement of

notes (footnotes or endnotes)

APA style

Chicago (CMS) style

directory to Chicago (CMS) notes and bibliography entries

note taking

subject-verb agreement

noun markers

adjectives with

appositives. See appositives

abstract

collective (like committee, jury)

common

proper

novels, quotation from

italics

n. pag. (“no pagination”)

number, verb agreement

subject-verb agreement

spelled out vs. numerals

sample clinical practice paper, nursing (Riss; APA)