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1. 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






2. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






3. Surviving from a previous period






4. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






6. Verb comes before the subject






7. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






8. Action has been completed






9. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






10. Who - whom - whose - which & that






11. No longer used






12. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






13. One






14. Is plural






15. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






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






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






20. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






21. Words that connect other words or groups of words






22. Shows physical or mental action






23. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






24. To rest (sit - sat)






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






26. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






27. Falls at the end of the sentence






28. Words expressing strong feelings






29. Express current action






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






31. Singular






32. Plural uses plural verb

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33. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






35. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






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






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






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






39. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






40. Indicates present - the past & future






41. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






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






45. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






48. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






50. Plural