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






2. Indicates present - the past & future






3. Known as relative pronoun clauses






4. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






6. Singular






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






8. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






9. Used to express command






10. Used to express a fact






11. When one noun possess another






12. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






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






14. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






15. Adds additional info to sentence






16. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






17. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






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






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






20. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






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






22. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






24. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






25. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






26. Verb comes before the subject






27. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






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






29. To place (set - setting)






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






31. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






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






34. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






36. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






38. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






39. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






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






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






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






43. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






44. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






45. Surviving from a previous period






46. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






47. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






48. The most used & misused punctuation mark






49. Add ' (Horowitzes')






50. One