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






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






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






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






5. Add ' (Horowitzes')






6. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






7. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






10. Action has been completed






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






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






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






14. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






16. The most used & misused punctuation mark






17. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






19. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






21. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






22. Singular uses singular verb

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23. No longer used






24. Known as relative pronoun clauses






25. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






26. To rest (sit - sat)






27. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






28. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






30. Warn about the use of certain words






31. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






32. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






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






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






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






37. Connecting words






38. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






39. Verb should agree with the closer subject






40. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






42. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






44. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






45. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






46. Is singular






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






48. 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






49. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






50. Musical terms ending in o