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1. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






2. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






4. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






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






6. Adds additional info to sentence






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






8. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






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






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






11. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






13. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






15. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






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






18. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






19. Words expressing strong feelings






20. Add 's (Horowitz's)






21. Plural uses plural verb

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22. Known as relative pronoun clauses






23. Subjects are after the verb






24. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






27. When addresses are written in sentence form....






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






29. Can stand alone






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






31. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






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






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






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






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






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






37. One






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






39. Used to express a fact






40. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






41. Word often implied but not actually stated






42. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






44. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






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






48. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






50. Used to express command