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






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






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






4. Can stand alone






5. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






6. Shows physical or mental action






7. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






10. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






12. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






14. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






15. Singular






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






17. Add ' (Horowitzes')






18. Subjects are after the verb






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






20. Express current action






21. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






22. Used to express a fact






23. A -an & the






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






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






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






27. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






28. MDs - PhDs






29. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






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






31. Warn about the use of certain words






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






33. Prepositional phrases






34. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






35. Used to express command






36. Verb comes before the subject






37. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






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






41. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






42. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






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






44. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






45. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






46. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






49. Falls at the end of the sentence






50. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause