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1. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






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






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






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






5. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






7. Musical terms ending in o






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






9. History of word






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






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






12. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






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






14. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






16. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






18. Plural uses plural verb

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19. A -an & the






20. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






21. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






22. Verb comes before the subject






23. Prepositional phrases






24. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






25. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






27. Subjects are after the verb






28. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






29. A comma






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






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






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






33. Expected to occur later






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






35. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






36. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






38. Adds additional info to sentence






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






40. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






42. Is plural






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






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






45. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






47. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






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






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