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






2. Musical terms ending in o






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






4. Falls at the end of the sentence






5. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






6. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






9. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






11. Verb should agree with the closer subject






12. Expected to occur later






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






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






15. Express current action






16. Who - whom - whose - which & that






17. Prepositional phrases






18. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






19. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






21. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






22. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






23. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






25. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






26. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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27. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






28. Indicates present - the past & future






29. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






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






31. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






33. 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






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






35. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






36. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






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






39. Adds additional info to sentence






40. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






41. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






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






44. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






45. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






46. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






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






49. No longer used






50. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things