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1. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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2. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






3. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






5. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






6. Often introduced by words such as then or as






7. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






8. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






10. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






11. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






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






13. Is singular






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






15. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






16. Connecting words






17. Express current action






18. Singular uses singular verb

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






20. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






21. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






23. Surviving from a previous period






24. Commas are used to...






25. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






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






27. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






29. Prepositional phrases






30. Plural uses plural verb

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






32. Verb comes before the subject






33. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






36. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






37. Expected to occur later






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






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






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






41. No longer used






42. A phrase or clause






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






44. Primarily as subjects of verbs






45. Add 's (Horowitz's)






46. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






47. Known as relative pronoun clauses






48. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






50. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words