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1. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






2. Falls at the end of the sentence






3. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






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






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






6. Word combinations that are unique to that language






7. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






8. One






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






10. Add 's (Horowitz's)






11. Word often implied but not actually stated






12. Used to express a fact






13. Can stand alone






14. Verb should agree with the closer subject






15. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






16. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






17. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






18. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






26. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






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






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






29. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






30. A comma






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






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






33. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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34. When one noun possess another






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






36. To place (set - setting)






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






38. Join equal parts of sentences






39. Commas are used to...






40. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






41. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






43. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






45. Two or more






46. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






47. Words expressing strong feelings






48. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






50. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them