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1. Warn about the use of certain words






2. Used in certain countries or regions






3. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






4. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






5. Is singular






6. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






7. Subjects are after the verb






8. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






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






10. Musical terms ending in o






11. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






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






13. Word combinations that are unique to that language






14. Connecting words






15. Two or more






16. Shows physical or mental action






17. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






20. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






22. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






23. When one noun possess another






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






25. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






26. Adds additional info to sentence






27. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






28. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






30. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






31. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






33. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






34. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






35. Can stand alone






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






37. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






39. Plural uses plural verb

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






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






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






43. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






45. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






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






47. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






48. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






49. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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