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1. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






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






4. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






5. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






7. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






9. Singular






10. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






12. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Can stand alone






20. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






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






22. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






23. Words expressing strong feelings






24. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






25. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






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






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






29. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






30. Surviving from a previous period






31. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






32. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






33. Verb should agree with the closer subject






34. Commas are used to...






35. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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36. MDs - PhDs






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






38. Is singular






39. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






40. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






41. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






42. Join equal parts of sentences






43. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






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






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






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






48. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






50. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...







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