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






2. Two or more






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






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






5. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






6. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






8. Subjects are after the verb






9. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






10. Used to express a fact






11. Often introduced by words such as then or as






12. Action has been completed






13. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






16. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






17. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






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






19. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






20. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






22. Can stand alone






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






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






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






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






27. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






28. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






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






31. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






32. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






33. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






34. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






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






36. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






37. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






38. Plural






39. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






42. Words used in place of nouns






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






44. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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45. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






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






49. Add 's (Horowitz's)






50. To place (set - setting)