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1. Plural uses plural verb

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2. Prepositional phrases






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






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






5. Is singular






6. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






8. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






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






10. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






11. Shows physical or mental action






12. Verb comes before the subject






13. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






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






17. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






18. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






20. Words used in place of nouns






21. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






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






24. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






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






26. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






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






28. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






30. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






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






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






35. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






36. Singular






37. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






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






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






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






41. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






43. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






44. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






45. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






46. A phrase or clause






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






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






49. Used in certain countries or regions






50. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about