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






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






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






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






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






6. A -an & the






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






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






9. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






10. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






12. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






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






14. Join equal parts of sentences






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






16. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






18. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






19. Plural






20. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






21. No longer used






22. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






24. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






25. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






27. Expected to occur later






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






29. Word combinations that are unique to that language






30. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






31. Warn about the use of certain words






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






33. When one noun possess another






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






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






36. Musical terms ending in o






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






38. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






39. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






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






43. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






44. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






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






47. Indicates present - the past & future






48. Pronouns that end in self






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






50. Prepositional phrases