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1. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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2. Express current action






3. Verb comes before the subject






4. Add 's (Horowitz's)






5. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






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






7. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






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






9. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






10. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






11. Word often implied but not actually stated






12. MDs - PhDs






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






14. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






15. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






16. Used to express a fact






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






18. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






19. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






20. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






22. Indicates present - the past & future






23. Often introduced by words such as then or as






24. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






27. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






29. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






30. When one noun possess another






31. Subjects are after the verb






32. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






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






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






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






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






37. A -an & the






38. Verb should agree with the closer subject






39. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






40. 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






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






42. To rest (sit - sat)






43. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






44. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






45. Words expressing strong feelings






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






47. Singular uses singular verb

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






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






50. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about