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






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






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






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






5. Used in certain countries or regions






6. Used to express command






7. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






8. Used to show continuous or repeated action






9. The most used & misused punctuation mark






10. Often introduced by words such as then or as






11. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






12. To place (set - setting)






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






14. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






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






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






17. To rest (sit - sat)






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






19. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






20. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






22. Warn about the use of certain words






23. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






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






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






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






28. Join equal parts of sentences






29. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






31. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






33. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






34. Singular uses singular verb

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35. Plural uses plural verb

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36. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






37. Action has been completed






38. Can stand alone






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






40. Shows physical or mental action






41. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






43. Pronouns that end in self






44. Verb should agree with the closer subject






45. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






47. Is singular






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






49. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






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






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