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1. Can stand alone






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






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






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






5. No longer used






6. Subjects are after the verb






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






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






9. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






10. To rest (sit - sat)






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






12. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






13. Prepositional phrases






14. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






15. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






17. Used to show continuous or repeated action






18. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






19. History of word






20. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






21. Action has been completed






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






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






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






25. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






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






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






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






29. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






31. Two or more






32. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






34. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






35. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






37. 2 nouns express separate ownership


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






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






40. Surviving from a previous period






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






42. Pronouns that end in self






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






44. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






46. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






47. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






48. Expected to occur later






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






50. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it