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1. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






3. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






4. Plural uses plural verb

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5. 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






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






7. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






9. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






10. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






12. Express current action






13. No longer used






14. Musical terms ending in o






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






16. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






17. Who - whom - whose - which & that






18. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






20. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






21. One






22. Plural






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






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






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






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






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






28. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






29. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






30. Shows physical or mental action






31. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






33. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






34. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






36. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






37. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






39. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






40. Expected to occur later






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






42. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






44. A comma






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






46. Often introduced by words such as then or as






47. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






48. Adds additional info to sentence






49. Singular uses singular verb

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