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1. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






2. Musical terms ending in o






3. Adds additional info to sentence






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






5. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






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






8. Join equal parts of sentences






9. Primarily as subjects of verbs






10. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






11. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






12. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






14. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






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






17. No longer used






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






19. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






20. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






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






22. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






23. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






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






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






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






28. Subjects are after the verb






29. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






30. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






33. A comma






34. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






35. Prepositional phrases






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






37. 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






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






39. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






40. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






42. Add 's (Horowitz's)






43. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






44. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






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






48. Indicates present - the past & future






49. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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