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






2. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






4. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






5. Is singular






6. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






7. One






8. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






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






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






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






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






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






14. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






15. MDs - PhDs






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






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






18. When one noun possess another






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






20. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






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






24. Surviving from a previous period






25. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






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






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






28. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






30. No longer used






31. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






32. Adds additional info to sentence






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 (sit - sat)






35. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






36. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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37. Express current action






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






39. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






42. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






43. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






46. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






47. Expected to occur later






48. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






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






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