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






2. When addresses are written in sentence form....






3. Connecting words






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






5. Indicates present - the past & future






6. Add 's (Horowitz's)






7. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






8. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






9. A comma






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






11. Prepositional phrases






12. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






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






15. History of word






16. Two or more






17. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






20. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






21. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






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






24. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






25. Used to show continuous or repeated action






26. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






27. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






28. Subjects are after the verb






29. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






30. Word often implied but not actually stated






31. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






32. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






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






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






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






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






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






38. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






39. Action has been completed






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






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






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






43. Can stand alone






44. Primarily as subjects of verbs






45. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






47. Express current action






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






49. Used to express command






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