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1. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






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






3. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






4. Pronouns that end in self






5. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






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






9. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






10. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






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






12. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






16. A phrase or clause






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






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






19. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






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






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






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






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






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






25. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






26. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






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






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






30. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






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






33. Indicates present - the past & future






34. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






35. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






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






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






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






40. To rest (sit - sat)






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






42. A -an & the






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






44. Is plural






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






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






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






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






49. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






50. Commas are used to...