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1. Words used in place of nouns






2. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






3. Plural






4. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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5. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






6. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






7. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






9. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






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






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






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






13. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






14. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






16. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






18. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






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






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






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






23. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






26. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






28. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






29. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






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






32. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






33. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






34. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






35. Verb comes before the subject






36. Expected to occur later






37. Is singular






38. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






39. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






40. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






41. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






42. Connecting words






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






44. No longer used






45. Is plural






46. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






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






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






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