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






2. Used to express a fact






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






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






5. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






6. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






9. Used to express command






10. Verb comes before the subject






11. A comma






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






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






14. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






15. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






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






18. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






20. Subjects are after the verb






21. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






22. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






23. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






25. Singular uses singular verb

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26. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






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






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






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






30. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






31. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






32. Add 's (Horowitz's)






33. Two or more






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






35. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Primarily as subjects of verbs






43. Words expressing strong feelings






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






45. Often introduced by words such as then or as






46. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






47. Musical terms ending in o






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






49. Indicates present - the past & future






50. When addresses are written in sentence form....