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






2. Connecting words






3. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






6. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






8. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






10. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






13. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






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






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






17. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






19. Falls at the end of the sentence






20. Expected to occur later






21. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






22. No longer used






23. Singular






24. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






25. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






26. Pronouns that end in self






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






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






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






30. A comma






31. Surviving from a previous period






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






33. To place (set - setting)






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






35. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






37. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






38. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






39. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






40. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






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






42. Subjects are after the verb






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






44. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






46. Plural






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






48. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






49. Used to express command






50. Warn about the use of certain words