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






2. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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3. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






6. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






7. Plural uses plural verb

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






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






10. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






13. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






16. Prepositional phrases






17. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






19. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






20. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






21. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






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






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






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






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






26. Indicates present - the past & future






27. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






28. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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29. Two or more






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






31. Falls at the end of the sentence






32. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






33. Join equal parts of sentences






34. Often introduced by words such as then or as






35. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






36. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






37. Words used in place of nouns






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






39. Used to express command






40. Musical terms ending in o






41. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






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






43. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






44. Commas are used to...






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






46. Expected to occur later






47. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






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






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