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1. Action has been completed






2. Pronouns that end in self






3. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






4. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






6. Plural uses plural verb

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7. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






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






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






10. Words used in place of nouns






11. A comma






12. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






13. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






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






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






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






17. Warn about the use of certain words






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






19. MDs - PhDs






20. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






21. Used to show continuous or repeated action






22. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






23. Who - whom - whose - which & that






24. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






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






26. To place (set - setting)






27. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






30. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






33. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






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






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






38. Connecting words






39. One






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






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






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






43. Word combinations that are unique to that language






44. Word often implied but not actually stated






45. No longer used






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






47. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






48. Expected to occur later






49. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






50. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause







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