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1. Words expressing strong feelings






2. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






3. Add 's (Horowitz's)






4. Adds additional info to sentence






5. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






8. To place (set - setting)






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






10. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






11. Pronouns that end in self






12. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






14. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






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






18. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






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






21. Action has been completed






22. MDs - PhDs






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






24. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






25. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






26. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






28. Is singular






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






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






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






32. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






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






35. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






37. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






38. Subjects are after the verb






39. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






40. Falls at the end of the sentence






41. When one noun possess another






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






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






44. Add ' (Horowitzes')






45. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






47. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






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






49. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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