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






2. Word combinations that are unique to that language






3. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






5. Action has been completed






6. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






7. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






8. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






9. Verb should agree with the closer subject






10. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






13. Express current action






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






15. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






16. Primarily as subjects of verbs






17. Commas are used to separate word that...






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






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






20. Indicates present - the past & future






21. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






22. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






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






25. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






27. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






28. A -an & the






29. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






31. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






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






35. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






36. When one noun possess another






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






38. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






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






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






42. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






44. No longer used






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






46. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






47. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






49. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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