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1. Plural uses plural verb

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2. Who - whom - whose - which & that






3. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






4. Connecting words






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






6. Primarily as subjects of verbs






7. Known as relative pronoun clauses






8. Indicates present - the past & future






9. Surviving from a previous period






10. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






12. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






13. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






14. Singular uses singular verb

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15. One






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






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






18. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






21. Two or more






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






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






24. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






25. Word often implied but not actually stated






26. Add ' (Horowitzes')






27. Subjects are after the verb






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






29. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






31. No longer used






32. Adds additional info to sentence






33. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






34. Words expressing strong feelings






35. Used to show continuous or repeated action






36. Prepositional phrases






37. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






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






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






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






41. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






42. Expected to occur later






43. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






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






45. Can stand alone






46. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






47. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






48. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






50. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)