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1. Can stand alone






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






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






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






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






6. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






8. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






9. History of word






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






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






12. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






13. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






14. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






15. Surviving from a previous period






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






17. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






18. Pronouns that end in self






19. Is plural






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






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






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






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






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






25. Two or more






26. Add ' (Horowitzes')






27. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






28. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






29. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






31. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






32. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






35. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






38. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






39. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






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






42. To rest (sit - sat)






43. Commas are used to...






44. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






45. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






46. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






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






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






49. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






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