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1. Add 's (Horowitz's)






2. Words used in place of nouns






3. Indicates present - the past & future






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






5. Connecting words






6. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






7. Action has been completed






8. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






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






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






11. When one noun possess another






12. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






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






14. Adds additional info to sentence






15. Prepositional phrases






16. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






18. Singular






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






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






21. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






23. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






25. Used to express command






26. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






27. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






28. Singular uses singular verb

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29. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






30. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






31. Warn about the use of certain words






32. Used to express a fact






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






34. Express current action






35. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






37. Who - whom - whose - which & that






38. Surviving from a previous period






39. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






41. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






42. Can stand alone






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






44. To rest (sit - sat)






45. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






47. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






48. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






49. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






50. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things