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# **Subject-to-rule index**

This index helps you find the applicable STE rules related to different subjects.

The symbol # after the section number (for example, 7#) shows that the subject is applicable to all or most of the rules in that section.

##### **<u>Subject</u>**

**<u>Subject Rule</u>** Abbreviations General introduction, 1,5, 2.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6 Acronyms 8.6 Action 3.7 Active voice 3.6 Adjectives (how to use them) 1.4, 1.7, 1.13, 2#, 3.2, 3.3 Adjectives (part of speech) Part 2, Introduction Adverb (part of speech) Part 2, Introduction American English spelling General introduction, 1.14 Approved meaning 1.3, 9.2 Approved words 1.1, 1.2, 9.2 Articles (how to use them) 4.5 Articles (part of speech) Part 2, Introduction Authoring tools General introduction Base form of a verb 3#, Part 2, Introduction Cautions 5.1, 7# Change form General introduction Colons 4.3, 8.4 Command form of the verb (Imperative form) 3.2, 3.6, 5.3 Company glossary 1# Comparative form of adjectives 1.4 Computer processes and applications 1.12 Conjunctions (part of speech) Part 2, Introduction Connecting words and phrases 4.4, 6.2 Consistent style 9.4 Controlled natural language General introduction Dashes 4.3, 8.2 Demonstrative adjectives 4.5 Descriptive writing 3.6, 4.1, 6# Different sentence constructions 1.2, 9.1 False friends 9 – GR-5 Forms of adjectives 1.4, Part 2, Introduction Future tense (simple) 3.2, Part 2, Introduction

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**<u>Subject</u>** Headings Help (light bulb symbol)

##### **<u>Rule</u>**

Headings 8.6 Help (light bulb symbol) Part 1, all sections. Part 2, applicable entries Hyphens 2.2, 8.2. 8.7 “-ing” form 3.5 Imperative form (command form) 3.2, 3.6, 5.3 Inclusive language 9 – GR-7 Infinitive form (base form of the verb) 3.2, Part 2, Introduction Initialisms 8.6 Instructions 5#, 7# Irregular verbs 3.1, Part 2, Introduction Items (in a vertical list) 4.3, 8.4 Jargon words 1.10 Key phrases 6.2 Key words 6.2, 6.5 Latin abbreviations 9 – GR-6 Law and regulations 1.5, 1.12 Length of paragraphs 6.6 Length of sentences 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.3, 8.4 thru 8.7 List of approved verbs Part 2, Introduction List of recurring errors Part 2, Introduction Logic (descriptive writing) 6# Manufacturing processes 1.12 Meaning, one for each word 1.3 Multi-word nouns 2# Notes 5.5 Nouns (part of speech) Part 2, Introduction Nouns (how to use them) All sections Noun terms 1.1 Omission of words 4.2 Oral communication General introduction Paragraphs 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 Parentheses ( ) 8.3, 8.5 Parts of speech 1.2, 3.7, 9.1, Part 2, Introduction Passive voice 3.3, 3.4, 3.6 Past participle form (as an adjective) 3.3 Placards 1.5, 8.6 Possessive form (Saxon genitive) 9 – GR-8

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##### **<u>Subject</u>**

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Preposition (part of speech) Part 2, Introduction Procedural writing (procedures) 5# Pronouns (how to use them) 9 – GR-3 Pronouns (part of speech) Part 2, Introduction Proper nouns 8.6 Punctuation 8.1 thru 8.3 Quoted text 1.5, 8.6 Reference documents General introduction Regional words 1.10 Regular verbs 3.1, Part 2, Introduction Safety instructions 7# Semicolons 8.1 Sentences 4#, 5#, 6# Simple future tense 3.3 Simple past tense 3.3 Simple present tense 3.3 Slang words 1.10 Spelling 1.14 Subject fields 1.1, 1.5, 1.12 Superlative forms of adjectives 1.4 Technical nouns 1.1, 1.5 thru 1.13, 2.2 Technical verbs 1.1, 1.12, 1.13 Technical translation General introduction Terminology database 1# Text formatting General introduction That (how to use) 9 – GR-1 This (how to use) 9 – GR-4 Titles 8.6 Topic (subject of paragraph) 6.5 Topics, one for each paragraph 6# Topics, one for each sentence 4.1 Training (in STE) General introduction Units of measurement General introduction, 1.5, 8.6 Verb forms 1.4, 3.2, Part 2, Introduction Verb terms 1.1 Verbs 3#, Part 2, Introduction

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**<u>Subject Rule</u>** Vertical lists 4.3, 8.4 Warnings 7# With (how to use) 9 – GR-2 Word count 8.4 thru 8.7 Word-for-word replacement 1.2, 9.1 Words 1#, all sections Words (that are not approved) 1.1, 1.2, 1.6, 9# Writing practices 9#
