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1. Can stand alone






2. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






4. Often introduced by words such as then or as






5. Two or more






6. Plural






7. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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8. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






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






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






12. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






21. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






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






23. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






24. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






25. Used to express a fact






26. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






28. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






30. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






31. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






33. Words expressing strong feelings






34. Word combinations that are unique to that language






35. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






36. Singular uses singular verb

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






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






39. Musical terms ending in o






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






41. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






42. MDs - PhDs






43. A -an & the






44. A comma






45. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






46. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






48. No longer used






49. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






50. Adds additional info to sentence