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1. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






2. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






5. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






6. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






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






9. A phrase or clause






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






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






12. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






13. Used in certain countries or regions






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






15. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






16. Word combinations that are unique to that language






17. Who - whom - whose - which & that






18. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






19. Adds additional info to sentence






20. No longer used






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






22. Shows physical or mental action






23. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






24. Primarily as subjects of verbs






25. Indicates present - the past & future






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






27. Expected to occur later






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






29. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






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






31. Express current action






32. Surviving from a previous period






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






34. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






35. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






36. Plural uses plural verb

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






38. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






41. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






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






43. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






45. Singular






46. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






47. One






48. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






50. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...