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






2. MDs - PhDs






3. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






4. Prepositional phrases






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






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






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






8. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






10. Words expressing strong feelings






11. Words that connect other words or groups of words






12. Falls at the end of the sentence






13. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






14. Action has been completed






15. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






16. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






17. To place (set - setting)






18. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






19. Plural






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






21. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






23. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






25. Subjects are after the verb






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






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






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






29. Plural uses plural verb

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30. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






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






33. Surviving from a previous period






34. Two or more






35. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






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






37. Indicates present - the past & future






38. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






41. A phrase or clause






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






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






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






45. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






47. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






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






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






50. Not conformed to use among educated speakers