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1. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






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






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






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






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






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






7. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






8. Adds additional info to sentence






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






10. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






11. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






13. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






14. Used to express command






15. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






16. Expected to occur later






17. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






18. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






21. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






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






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






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






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






26. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






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






29. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






30. Pronouns that end in self






31. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






32. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






33. When dates contain more than one element....






34. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






35. Word often implied but not actually stated






36. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






38. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






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






41. Action has been completed






42. History of word






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






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






45. Shows physical or mental action






46. Two or more






47. No longer used






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






49. Plural uses plural verb

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50. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions







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