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1. Known as relative pronoun clauses






2. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






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






5. To rest (sit - sat)






6. Verb should agree with the closer subject






7. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






9. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






10. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






11. Action has been completed






12. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






13. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






15. Warn about the use of certain words






16. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






17. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






19. Used to express command






20. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






23. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






24. Plural






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






26. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






27. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






29. Subjects are after the verb






30. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






33. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






34. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






35. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






37. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






38. One






39. Used to express a fact






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






41. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






42. Prepositional phrases






43. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






45. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






49. A -an & the






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