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1. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






2. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






5. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






6. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






7. Words expressing strong feelings






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






9. Prepositional phrases






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






11. No longer used






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






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






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






15. To rest (sit - sat)






16. Words used in place of nouns






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






18. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






19. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






20. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






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






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






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






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






26. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






27. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






28. A comma






29. Add 's (Horowitz's)






30. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






31. When one noun possess another






32. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






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






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






36. Express current action






37. Add ' (Horowitzes')






38. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






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






41. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






43. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






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






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






46. Used to express a fact






47. 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






48. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






49. Surviving from a previous period






50. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause