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






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






3. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






4. Word often implied but not actually stated






5. The most used & misused punctuation mark






6. Add ' (Horowitzes')






7. Two or more






8. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






9. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






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






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






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






13. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






14. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






16. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






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






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






19. Prepositional phrases






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






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






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






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






24. Plural






25. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






26. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






28. MDs - PhDs






29. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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30. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






32. Falls at the end of the sentence






33. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






36. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






38. Verb comes before the subject






39. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






40. Pronouns that end in self






41. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






42. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






44. History of word






45. Express current action






46. Indicates present - the past & future






47. To rest (sit - sat)






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






49. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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