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1. Musical terms ending in o






2. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






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






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






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






7. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






10. Word combinations that are unique to that language






11. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






13. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






14. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






15. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






16. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






18. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






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






20. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






23. A comma






24. Is singular






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






26. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






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






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






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






31. Two or more






32. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






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






35. Expected to occur later






36. The most used & misused punctuation mark






37. Words expressing strong feelings






38. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






39. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






41. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






43. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






44. MDs - PhDs






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






46. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






48. One






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






50. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs