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






2. Expected to occur later






3. Action has been completed






4. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






5. Verb comes before the subject






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






7. Commas are used to...






8. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






9. Warn about the use of certain words






10. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






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






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






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






14. Is plural






15. MDs - PhDs






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






17. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






18. Contains helpful info: punctuation - hyphenation - capitalization - number style - abbreviations - & commonly confused words






19. Join equal parts of sentences






20. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






22. Often introduced by words such as then or as






23. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






24. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Word often implied but not actually stated






32. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






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






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






36. History of word






37. A comma






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






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






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






41. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






42. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






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






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






46. Prepositional phrases






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






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






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






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