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1. Warn about the use of certain words






2. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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3. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






6. To place (set - setting)






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






8. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






10. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






11. Is singular






12. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






14. No longer used






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






16. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






18. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






19. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






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






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






24. Falls at the end of the sentence






25. Words that connect other words or groups of words






26. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






27. One






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






29. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






30. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






31. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






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






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






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






35. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






37. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






39. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






41. Used to show continuous or repeated action






42. A phrase or clause






43. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






44. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






45. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






46. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






47. Primarily as subjects of verbs






48. Used to express a fact






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






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