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






2. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






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






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






6. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






15. Verb comes before the subject






16. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






17. Join equal parts of sentences






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






19. Primarily as subjects of verbs






20. Plural uses plural verb

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21. Used to express command






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






23. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






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






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






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






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






28. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






29. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






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






31. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






32. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






33. One






34. No longer used






35. Used in certain countries or regions






36. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






38. Express current action






39. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






41. Prepositional phrases






42. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






43. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






44. Add ' (Horowitzes')






45. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






47. History of word






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






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






50. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma