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1. No longer used






2. Pronouns that end in self






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






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






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






6. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






7. Surviving from a previous period






8. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






9. Primarily as subjects of verbs






10. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






11. Connecting words






12. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






13. Two or more






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






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






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






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






18. Action has been completed






19. Express current action






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






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






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






23. One






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






25. Singular






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






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






28. A -an & the






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






30. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






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






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






33. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






34. Can stand alone






35. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






36. Expected to occur later






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






38. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






39. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






40. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






41. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






43. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






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






45. Adds additional info to sentence






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






47. Words used in place of nouns






48. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






50. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...