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1. A -an & the






2. Used to express a fact






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






4. Commas are used to...






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






6. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






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






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






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






12. Is singular






13. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






16. Surviving from a previous period






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






18. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






19. Indicates present - the past & future






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






21. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






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






23. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






24. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






25. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






26. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






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






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






30. Plural






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






32. Prepositional phrases






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






34. Action has been completed






35. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






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






38. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






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






40. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






41. Warn about the use of certain words






42. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






43. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






45. A phrase or clause






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






47. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






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






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