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






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






3. Musical terms ending in o






4. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






6. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






8. Used to express command






9. Is plural






10. When one noun possess another






11. Is singular






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






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






14. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






16. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






17. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






18. Connecting words






19. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






20. Used to show continuous or repeated action






21. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






22. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






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






26. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






27. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






28. A comma






29. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






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






31. A phrase or clause






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






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






34. Words that connect other words or groups of words






35. Express current action






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






37. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






38. Expected to occur later






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






40. MDs - PhDs






41. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






42. Word combinations that are unique to that language






43. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






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






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






46. Commas are used to...






47. Plural






48. Two or more






49. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






50. Who - whom - whose - which & that







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