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1. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






2. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






4. Add 's (Horowitz's)






5. Prepositional phrases






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






7. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






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






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






10. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






11. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






12. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






13. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






15. Used to express a fact






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






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






18. Is plural






19. MDs - PhDs






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






21. Join equal parts of sentences






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






23. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






25. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






27. Who - whom - whose - which & that






28. Words used in place of nouns






29. Indicates present - the past & future






30. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






31. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






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






34. Words that connect other words or groups of words






35. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






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






37. Can stand alone






38. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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39. Known as relative pronoun clauses






40. Pronouns that end in self






41. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






43. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






44. One






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






46. Action has been completed






47. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






48. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






49. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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