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1. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






2. Join equal parts of sentences






3. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






4. 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






5. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






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






7. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






10. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






11. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






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






13. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






15. Word combinations that are unique to that language






16. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






19. When one noun possess another






20. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






22. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






23. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






24. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






26. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






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






29. Subjects are after the verb






30. To place (set - setting)






31. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






32. Shows physical or mental action






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






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






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






36. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






37. Word often implied but not actually stated






38. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






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






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






43. Two or more






44. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






46. Words that connect other words or groups of words






47. Prepositional phrases






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






49. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






50. Who - whom - whose - which & that