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






2. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






4. Used to express a fact






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






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






7. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






8. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






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






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






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






13. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






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






15. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






17. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






18. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






20. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






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






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






24. Action has been completed






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






26. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






27. A -an & the






28. No longer used






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






30. Join equal parts of sentences






31. To place (set - setting)






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






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






34. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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35. MDs - PhDs






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






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






38. Word combinations that are unique to that language






39. Surviving from a previous period






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






41. Is singular






42. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






43. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






44. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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45. Plural uses plural verb

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






47. Adds additional info to sentence






48. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






49. A phrase or clause






50. Words that connect other words or groups of words