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1. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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2. Word combinations that are unique to that language






3. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






4. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






5. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






7. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






9. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






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






11. Add 's (Horowitz's)






12. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






13. Musical terms ending in o






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






15. Is singular






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






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






18. Singular






19. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






20. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






22. Indicates present - the past & future






23. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






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






25. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






28. Subjects are after the verb






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






30. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






31. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






32. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






33. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






34. Express current action






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






36. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






37. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






39. Join equal parts of sentences






40. The most used & misused punctuation mark






41. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






42. MDs - PhDs






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






44. Shows physical or mental action






45. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






46. Commas are used to...






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






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






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






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