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1. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






2. Surviving from a previous period






3. One






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






5. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






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






7. Commas are used to...






8. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






11. Verb comes before the subject






12. Plural






13. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






14. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






15. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






16. Indicates present - the past & future






17. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






18. Warn about the use of certain words






19. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






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






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






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






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






25. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






28. Adds additional info to sentence






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






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






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






32. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






33. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






34. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






36. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Words used in place of nouns






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






44. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






47. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






48. When one noun possess another






49. Singular






50. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned