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






2. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






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






6. A comma






7. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






8. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






9. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






10. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






11. History of word






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






13. Words that connect other words or groups of words






14. One






15. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






16. Used to express command






17. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






18. When dates contain more than one element....






19. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






20. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






21. Action has been completed






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






23. Indicates present - the past & future






24. Join equal parts of sentences






25. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






26. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






27. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






28. Surviving from a previous period






29. Known as relative pronoun clauses






30. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






32. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






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






34. Shows physical or mental action






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






36. Often introduced by words such as then or as






37. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






39. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






40. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






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






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






43. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






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






48. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






49. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






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






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