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






2. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






3. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






4. MDs - PhDs






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






6. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






7. Warn about the use of certain words






8. Plural






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






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






11. Used to express command






12. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






13. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






14. Commas are used to separate word that...






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






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






17. Action has been completed






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






19. Who - whom - whose - which & that






20. History of word






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






22. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






23. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






24. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






25. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






26. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






28. Word often implied but not actually stated






29. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






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






31. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






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






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






36. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






37. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






38. Add ' (Horowitzes')






39. When one noun possess another






40. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






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






44. Adds additional info to sentence






45. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






46. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






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






49. A comma






50. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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