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1. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






2. Words expressing strong feelings






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






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






5. A -an & the






6. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






7. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






8. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






11. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






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






14. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






15. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






17. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






20. No longer used






21. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






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






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






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






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






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






27. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






29. Falls at the end of the sentence






30. MDs - PhDs






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






32. Join equal parts of sentences






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






34. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






35. Used in certain countries or regions






36. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






37. Words used in place of nouns






38. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






39. Adds additional info to sentence






40. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






41. Can stand alone






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






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






44. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






46. Pronouns that end in self






47. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






48. To place (set - setting)






49. Surviving from a previous period






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