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






2. Used to express a fact






3. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






4. Who - whom - whose - which & that






5. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






6. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






7. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






8. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






9. Is plural






10. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






11. Musical terms ending in o






12. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






13. One






14. Warn about the use of certain words






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






16. Expected to occur later






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






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






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






20. To place (set - setting)






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






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






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






24. No longer used






25. Shows physical or mental action






26. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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27. Pronouns that end in self






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






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






30. MDs - PhDs






31. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






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






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






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






35. The most used & misused punctuation mark






36. Commas are used to...






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






44. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






45. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






46. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






47. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






49. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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