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1. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






2. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






3. Two or more






4. Commas are used to...






5. Warn about the use of certain words






6. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






7. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






8. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






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






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






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






14. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






15. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






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






17. A comma






18. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






20. Primarily as subjects of verbs






21. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






22. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






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






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






26. Verb comes before the subject






27. Surviving from a previous period






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






29. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






30. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






32. A phrase or clause






33. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






36. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






37. Connecting words






38. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






41. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






42. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






43. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






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






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






47. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






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






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