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






2. A phrase or clause






3. Singular






4. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






6. Musical terms ending in o






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






8. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






9. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






10. Used to express command






11. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






13. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






14. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






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






17. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






18. To place (set - setting)






19. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






21. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






23. Used to express a fact






24. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






26. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






27. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






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






29. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






30. Add ' (Horowitzes')






31. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






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






33. One






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






35. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






36. MDs - PhDs






37. Two or more






38. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






39. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






41. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






42. Words used in place of nouns






43. Surviving from a previous period






44. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






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






48. Warn about the use of certain words






49. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






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