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1. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






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






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






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






7. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






8. Express current action






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






10. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






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






13. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






14. Add ' (Horowitzes')






15. Expected to occur later






16. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






17. Word combinations that are unique to that language






18. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






19. Musical terms ending in o






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






21. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






22. Connecting words






23. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






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






25. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






28. The most used & misused punctuation mark






29. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






30. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






33. Two or more






34. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






36. 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






37. Can stand alone






38. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






40. Often introduced by words such as then or as






41. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






42. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






43. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






44. Commas are used to separate word that...






45. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






46. Plural uses plural verb

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






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






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






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







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