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1. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






2. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






4. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






5. Indicates present - the past & future






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






7. Verb should agree with the closer subject






8. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






11. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






12. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






13. History of word






14. Who - whom - whose - which & that






15. To place (set - setting)






16. Is singular






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






18. Action has been completed






19. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






21. Expected to occur later






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






23. No longer used






24. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






26. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






27. MDs - PhDs






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






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






30. Can stand alone






31. Words that connect other words or groups of words






32. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






34. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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35. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






37. Used to express a fact






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






46. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






48. Used to show continuous or repeated action






49. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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