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1. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






2. Plural






3. Used to express command






4. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






6. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






7. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






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






9. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






10. A phrase or clause






11. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






13. Add ' (Horowitzes')






14. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






15. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






16. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






17. Words expressing strong feelings






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






19. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






22. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






23. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






31. Action has been completed






32. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






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






35. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






37. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






38. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






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






42. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






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






46. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






48. Verb comes before the subject






49. The most used & misused punctuation mark






50. 2000s - All Bs and Cs