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1. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






2. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






4. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






5. Singular uses singular verb

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6. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






7. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






9. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






10. Prepositional phrases






11. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






13. Subjects are after the verb






14. Used to show continuous or repeated action






15. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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16. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






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






21. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






22. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






23. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






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






25. Two or more






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






27. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






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






30. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






31. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






32. No longer used






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






34. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






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






37. Commas are used to...






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






39. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






40. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






41. Often introduced by words such as then or as






42. Add ' (Horowitzes')






43. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






45. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






46. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






47. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






48. Used in certain countries or regions






49. Join equal parts of sentences






50. Surviving from a previous period