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1. Plural uses plural verb

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2. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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3. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






6. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






8. 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






9. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






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






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






13. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






14. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






15. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






16. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






17. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






19. Commas are used to...






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






21. Word often implied but not actually stated






22. A phrase or clause






23. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






25. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






27. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






31. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






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






33. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






34. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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35. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






36. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






38. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






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






40. When one noun possess another






41. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






42. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






43. To rest (sit - sat)






44. Express current action






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






46. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






47. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






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






50. Word combinations that are unique to that language