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1. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






5. Primarily as subjects of verbs






6. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






8. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






9. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






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






12. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






15. Action has been completed






16. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






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






18. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






19. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






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






21. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






22. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






24. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






25. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






26. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






27. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






30. Falls at the end of the sentence






31. Words expressing strong feelings






32. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






33. No longer used






34. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






36. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






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






38. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






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






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






41. Prepositional phrases






42. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






43. Word combinations that are unique to that language






44. Verb comes before the subject






45. Often introduced by words such as then or as






46. One






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






48. MDs - PhDs






49. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






50. When dates contain more than one element....