participles to form adjectival

M
Made. See make. Main clause. See clause.
Main form. Groups of words are built on a core of letters that represents the simplest element of meaning, known as the main form (also called a root. The main form “vid” carries the sense of seeing or sight into such forms as video and
“evident.” A variant of “vid” is “vis,” which has the same main, or basic, core of meaning related to sight vision visible “visually.”
Recognizing a main form in words can often help us understand how prefixes,
suffixes, or other modi cations of the root word have changed or created meaning:
“vis” can add the pre x in (meaning not) and the su x “-ible” (meaning capable or possible) to form invisible (meaning not possible to see. “Ject” (which means move or propel) can add the pre x in (in the sense of direction) and the su x “- ion to produce injection (which means the process of moving or propelling something into something else).
With verbs, the main form, or root, of the verb plus the word to makes up the
infinitive: to sleep to wake to rise.”
Make, made, made. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past participle
forms.
Man, mankind. Do not use these words to refer to people in general, since there are women as well as men in humankind. Say either woman and man women and men man and woman men and women people or human beings.”
“Humanity” or humankind is an adequate substitute for mankind as is human population or human community In anthropological writing, use ancient peoples or “homo sapiens.” See sexist language for further guidelines.
Mankind. See man.
Many. The comparative forms of the adjective many are irregular many, more,
most.” See comparison.
May. See can.

May be, maybe. These two words have di erent functions and meanings. Maybe is a compound verb that means could exist or happen Our neighbors maybe coming to dinner Maybe is an adverb that means perhaps Maybe our neighbors will come to dinner.”
Maybe. See may be.
Me, myself. Don’t use myself when me (the objective case of I) is meant.
WRONG: The memo will come from Jones and myself RIGHT The memo will come from Jones and me See “self”
Mean, meant, meant. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past

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