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1. No longer used






2. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






3. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






4. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






5. Is plural






6. Indicates present - the past & future






7. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






8. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






9. Words that connect other words or groups of words






10. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






11. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






12. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






13. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






14. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






15. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






16. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






17. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






18. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






19. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






20. When dates contain more than one element....






21. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






22. Words expressing strong feelings






23. A phrase or clause






24. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






25. Used to express command






26. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






27. A comma






28. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






29. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






30. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






31. Shows physical or mental action






32. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






33. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






34. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






35. Word often implied but not actually stated






36. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






37. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






38. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






39. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






40. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






41. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






42. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






43. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






44. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






45. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






46. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






47. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






48. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






49. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






50. Words used in place of nouns