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1. Words that connect other words or groups of words






2. Add ' (Horowitzes')






3. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






6. Used to express command






7. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






8. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






9. A phrase or clause






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






11. Surviving from a previous period






12. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






14. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






15. The most used & misused punctuation mark






16. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






17. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






18. Prepositional phrases






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






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






21. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






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






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






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






27. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






28. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






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






30. Used to express a fact






31. 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






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






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






34. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






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






36. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






38. Singular






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






40. Add 's (Horowitz's)






41. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






43. To place (set - setting)






44. Express current action






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






46. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






47. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






49. Warn about the use of certain words






50. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it