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1. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






3. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






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






6. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






7. Commas are used to separate word that...






8. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






9. Shows physical or mental action






10. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






11. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






12. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






13. Indicates present - the past & future






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






15. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






16. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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17. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






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






20. Pronouns that end in self






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






22. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






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






24. Subjects are after the verb






25. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






29. A comma






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






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






32. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






33. Is plural






34. Words expressing strong feelings






35. No longer used






36. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






38. Two or more






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






40. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






41. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






42. Join equal parts of sentences






43. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






44. Adds additional info to sentence






45. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






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






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






49. Connecting words






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