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1. Plural uses plural verb

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2. A comma






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






4. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






5. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






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






7. Pronouns that end in self






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






9. Commas are used to...






10. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






11. A phrase or clause






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






13. Used in certain countries or regions






14. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






15. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






17. Word often implied but not actually stated






18. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






19. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






21. Is singular






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






23. When one noun possess another






24. Express current action






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






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






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






28. Add 's (Horowitz's)






29. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






30. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






31. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






32. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






33. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






35. Surviving from a previous period






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






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






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






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






40. Can stand alone






41. Known as relative pronoun clauses






42. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






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






44. When addresses are written in sentence form....






45. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






46. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






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






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






50. Plural