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






2. To place (set - setting)






3. A -an & the






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






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






6. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






8. Plural uses plural verb

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9. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






10. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






11. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






12. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






13. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






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






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






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






17. Add 's (Horowitz's)






18. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






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






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






21. The most used & misused punctuation mark






22. Word combinations that are unique to that language






23. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






24. Prepositional phrases






25. Connecting words






26. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






27. Shows physical or mental action






28. Used to express a fact






29. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






30. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






31. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






32. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






33. Verb comes before the subject






34. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






35. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






37. Used in certain countries or regions






38. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






39. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






41. A comma






42. Falls at the end of the sentence






43. Is singular






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






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






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






47. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






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






49. Action has been completed






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