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1. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






3. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






5. Used to express a fact






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






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






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






9. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






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






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






14. Subjects are after the verb






15. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






16. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






17. Falls at the end of the sentence






18. Express current action






19. No longer used






20. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






21. Shows physical or mental action






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Action has been completed






27. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






28. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






29. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






31. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






32. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






34. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






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






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






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






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






39. Verb should agree with the closer subject






40. Can stand alone






41. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






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






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






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






46. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






47. Singular






48. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






49. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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50. Often introduced by words such as then or as