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1. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






2. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






3. No longer used






4. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






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






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






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






9. To rest (sit - sat)






10. 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






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






12. To place (set - setting)






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






14. Expected to occur later






15. Surviving from a previous period






16. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






17. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






18. MDs - PhDs






19. Two or more






20. Can stand alone






21. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






22. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






24. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






26. Adds additional info to sentence






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






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






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






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






31. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






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






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






34. Word often implied but not actually stated






35. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






36. Action has been completed






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






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






39. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






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






42. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






44. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






45. Singular






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






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






48. Words used in place of nouns






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






50. Known as relative pronoun clauses







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