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1. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






4. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






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






7. Shows physical or mental action






8. When addresses are written in sentence form....






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






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






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






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






13. Can stand alone






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






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






16. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






17. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Prepositional phrases






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






25. MDs - PhDs






26. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






27. Plural






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






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






30. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






33. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






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






35. Words that connect other words or groups of words






36. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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37. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






38. Verb should agree with the closer subject






39. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






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






42. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






44. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






46. Adds additional info to sentence






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






48. Join equal parts of sentences






49. Word often implied but not actually stated






50. Indicates present - the past & future