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






2. Pronouns that end in self






3. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






5. Falls at the end of the sentence






6. Can stand alone






7. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






8. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






9. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






11. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






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






13. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






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






15. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






17. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






18. One






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






20. A -an & the






21. Verb comes before the subject






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






23. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






25. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






26. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






27. Words expressing strong feelings






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






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






30. Singular uses singular verb

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31. Words used in place of nouns






32. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






33. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






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






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






36. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






37. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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38. Prepositional phrases






39. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






40. Action has been completed






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






42. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






45. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






46. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






48. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






49. History of word






50. Known as relative pronoun clauses