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






2. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






3. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






5. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






7. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






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






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






10. MDs - PhDs






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






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






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






14. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






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






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






17. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






18. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






20. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






21. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






22. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






23. Prepositional phrases






24. A -an & the






25. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






28. Pronouns that end in self






29. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






30. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






31. Subjects are after the verb






32. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






33. Used to show continuous or repeated action






34. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






35. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






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






37. Words used in place of nouns






38. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






40. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






42. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






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






45. Commas are used to separate word that...






46. Expected to occur later






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






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






49. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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