Index--P
p./pp.
pace (density) of document
page format
page numbers
paired (correlative) conjunctions
paragraph coherence
paragraph development
paragraphs
parallellism
paraphrase
parentheses
parenthetic elements, commas with
participles
parts of sentences
parts of speech
passive (voice)
past participle
past perfect tense
past tense
percent/per cent/percentage. See also
numbers.
peer review
perfect
periodicals, citing. See journal articles.
periods
person (grammatical)
personal communication and other "nonrecoverable" information
personal pronouns. See also pronouns, pronoun case, and sexist language.
phenomenon/phenomena
photographs
phrases
physics style guides
pie graphs
placement of commas with other punctuation.
placement of note numbers
placement of parenthetical citations
placement of superscript notes (CMS style of documentation)
plagiarism. See also acknowledging sources.
plain language
planning and producing documents
pluperfect
plurals. See also subject-verb agreement.
possession. See also pronoun case.
possessive case. See also possession and apostrophes.
predicates
prefixes
preparing viewgraphs
prepositional phrases
prepositions
present participle. See also gerunds.
present perfect tense
present tense. See also subject-verb agreement.
presentations, oral. See oral presentations.
press releases
presume/assume
principal/principle
principal parts of verb (verb forms)
problem/dilemma
problem statement
procedure section
procedures, writing. See also task-oriented documents.
proceedings, citing. See journal articles,
citing.
process (method of paragraph development)
professional or job objective (résumé heading)
progress reports
progressive form of verbs
pronoun-antecedent agreement
pronoun reference
pronouns
proofreading
proper nouns
proposals
public speaking. See oral presentations.
publication information in reference entries
punctuation
purpose. See also purpose (in introductions).
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