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1. Add ' (Horowitzes')






2. MDs - PhDs






3. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






4. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






6. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






7. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






8. Express current action






9. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






10. A phrase or clause






11. Prepositional phrases






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






13. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






16. Who - whom - whose - which & that






17. A comma






18. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






19. Shows physical or mental action






20. Warn about the use of certain words






21. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






23. Pronouns that end in self






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






25. Connecting words






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






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






28. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






30. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






32. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






34. Singular uses singular verb

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35. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






36. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






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






39. Commas are used to...






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






41. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






42. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






43. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






45. Used in certain countries or regions






46. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






48. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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49. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






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