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1. History of word






2. Used in certain countries or regions






3. Used to express a fact






4. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






5. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






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






8. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






9. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






10. Add ' (Horowitzes')






11. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






13. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






14. Singular uses singular verb

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15. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






16. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






18. Express current action






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






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






21. Word combinations that are unique to that language






22. Is plural






23. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






25. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






27. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






28. A -an & the






29. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






30. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






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






32. Plural uses plural verb

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33. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






34. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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35. A phrase or clause






36. Expected to occur later






37. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






38. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






39. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






40. MDs - PhDs






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






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






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






44. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






45. Words used in place of nouns






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






47. Plural






48. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






49. Surviving from a previous period






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







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