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word usage: verb types: to be (79) auxiliary (46) types as % of total: conjunctions 6% (199) pronouns 7% (224) prepositions 12% (371) nominalizations 3% (104)

sentence beginnings: pronoun (31) interrogative pronoun (7) article (24) subordinating conjunction (8) conjunction (5) preposition (10) The word usage counts are intended to help identify excessive use of particular parts of speech.

Verb Phrases The category of verbs labeled “to be” identifies phrases using the passive voice. Use the passive voice sparingly, in favor of more direct verb forms. The verb category “aux” measures the use of modal auxiliary verbs, such as “can”, “could”, and “should”. Modal auxiliary verbs modify the mood of a verb.

Conjunctions The conjunctions counted by style are coordinating and subordinating. Coordinating conjunctions join grammatically equal sentence fragments, such as a noun with a noun, a phrase with a phrase, or a clause to a clause. Coordinating conjunctions are “and,” “but,” “or,” “yet,” and “nor.” Subordinating conjunctions connect clauses of unequal status. A subordinating conjunction links a subordinate clause, which is unable to stand alone, to an independent clause. Examples of subordinating conjunctions are “because,” “although,” and “even if.”

Pronouns Pronouns are contextual references to nouns and noun phrases. Documents with few pronouns generally lack cohesiveness and fluidity. Too many pronouns may indicate ambiguity.

Nominalizations Nominalizations are verbs that are changed to nouns. Style recognizes words that end in “ment,” “ance,” “ence,”or “ion” as nominalizations. Examples are “endowment,” “admittance,” and “nominalization.” Too much nominalization in a document can sound abstract and be difficult to understand.