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1. Expected to occur later






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






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






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






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






6. Is plural






7. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






8. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






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






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






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






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






13. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






14. When addresses are written in sentence form....






15. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






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






18. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






20. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






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






23. Verb comes before the subject






24. Used in certain countries or regions






25. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






26. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






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






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






29. Connecting words






30. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






31. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






32. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






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






34. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






35. Words used in place of nouns






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






37. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






39. A -an & the






40. History of word






41. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






42. Can stand alone






43. Indicates present - the past & future






44. Surviving from a previous period






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






46. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






47. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






48. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






50. To place (set - setting)