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1. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






2. Often introduced by words such as then or as






3. Warn about the use of certain words






4. To place (set - setting)






5. Connecting words






6. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






7. A -an & the






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






9. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






10. Is singular






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






20. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






21. Express current action






22. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






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






26. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






27. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






28. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






29. Singular uses singular verb

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30. Pronouns that end in self






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






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






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






34. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






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






37. When one noun possess another






38. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






39. Action has been completed






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






41. Commas are used to...






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






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






44. Known as relative pronoun clauses






45. Add ' (Horowitzes')






46. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






48. One






49. Adds additional info to sentence






50. Musical terms ending in o