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1. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






4. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






7. Indicates present - the past & future






8. History of word






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






10. Adds additional info to sentence






11. Commas are used to...






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






13. Words expressing strong feelings






14. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






15. Singular






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






17. Is plural






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






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






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






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






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






23. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






25. Primarily as subjects of verbs






26. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






27. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






28. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






31. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






32. 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






33. Surviving from a previous period






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






35. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






39. Used in certain countries or regions






40. Prepositional phrases






41. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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42. Shows physical or mental action






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






44. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






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






46. Expected to occur later






47. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






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






50. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb