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> **Source:** ASD-STE100 Issue 9, January 2025
> **Pages:** 29–32 of 434

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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>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> | <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> | <u>Rule</u> |
|---|---|
| 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</u> | <u>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# |
