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






2. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






3. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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4. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






5. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






6. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






8. No longer used






9. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






10. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






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






12. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






13. Two or more






14. Shows physical or mental action






15. When one noun possess another






16. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






17. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






18. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






19. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






22. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






23. To place (set - setting)






24. Verb should agree with the closer subject






25. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






26. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






28. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






31. Singular uses singular verb

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32. A comma






33. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






34. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






35. Primarily as subjects of verbs






36. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






37. Is singular






38. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






39. To rest (sit - sat)






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






41. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






42. Connecting words






43. Who - whom - whose - which & that






44. Verb comes before the subject






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






46. Express current action






47. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






48. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






49. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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