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1. Can stand alone






2. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






3. Action has been completed






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






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






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






7. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






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






11. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






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






13. No longer used






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






19. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






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






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






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






23. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






24. A -an & the






25. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






26. Used in certain countries or regions






27. When one noun possess another






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






29. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






30. Adds additional info to sentence






31. Two or more






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






33. Plural






34. A phrase or clause






35. Warn about the use of certain words






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






37. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






39. Often introduced by words such as then or as






40. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






41. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






43. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






45. Words expressing strong feelings






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






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






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






49. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






50. Is plural