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1. Add ' (Horowitzes')






2. Singular uses singular verb

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3. Is plural






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






5. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






6. Used in certain countries or regions






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






8. To rest (sit - sat)






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






10. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






11. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






13. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






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






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






16. MDs - PhDs






17. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






19. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






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






24. Join equal parts of sentences






25. Word combinations that are unique to that language






26. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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27. Commas are used to...






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






29. Used to express a fact






30. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






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






34. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






35. Musical terms ending in o






36. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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37. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






38. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






39. Prepositional phrases






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






41. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






43. History of word






44. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






45. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






46. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






47. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






48. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






49. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






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