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1. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






2. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






3. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






4. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






5. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






6. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






7. To place (set - setting)






8. Join equal parts of sentences






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






10. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






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






12. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






14. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






15. Shows physical or mental action






16. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






17. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






18. Plural uses plural verb

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19. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






20. Add ' (Horowitzes')






21. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






22. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






23. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






24. MDs - PhDs






25. Action has been completed






26. Contains helpful info: punctuation - hyphenation - capitalization - number style - abbreviations - & commonly confused words






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






28. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






29. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






30. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






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






32. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






34. Words expressing strong feelings






35. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






36. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






37. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






38. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






39. Is plural






40. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






41. Indicates present - the past & future






42. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






43. To rest (sit - sat)






44. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






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






46. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






47. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






48. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






49. Prepositional phrases






50. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh