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1. Commas are used to...






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






3. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






4. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






5. Used to express a fact






6. Is plural






7. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






8. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






9. Musical terms ending in o






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






11. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






12. Plural uses plural verb

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13. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






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






15. Pronouns that end in self






16. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






18. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






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






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






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






24. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






25. When addresses are written in sentence form....






26. Words expressing strong feelings






27. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






39. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






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






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






42. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






43. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






45. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






48. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






49. One






50. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words