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1. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






3. Plural






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






5. Singular






6. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






7. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






8. Plural uses plural verb

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9. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






10. Known as relative pronoun clauses






11. A phrase or clause






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






13. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






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






15. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






17. 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






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






19. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






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






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






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






24. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






26. Is singular






27. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






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






30. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






31. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






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






33. Often introduced by words such as then or as






34. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






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






36. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






38. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






39. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






41. Surviving from a previous period






42. Used in certain countries or regions






43. No longer used






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






45. To rest (sit - sat)






46. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






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






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