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1. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






3. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






4. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






5. Subjects are after the verb






6. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






8. A comma






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






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. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






12. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






15. History of word






16. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






17. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






19. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






20. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






21. When one noun possess another






22. Is singular






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






24. Connecting words






25. Verb comes before the subject






26. Singular






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






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






29. Used to show continuous or repeated action






30. Used to express a fact






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






32. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






33. A -an & the






34. Is plural






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






36. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






39. When addresses are written in sentence form....






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






41. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






44. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






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






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






47. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






48. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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