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1. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






2. Falls at the end of the sentence






3. Words that connect other words or groups of words






4. To rest (sit - sat)






5. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






7. Pronouns that end in self






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






9. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






11. Surviving from a previous period






12. To place (set - setting)






13. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






15. Prepositional phrases






16. The most used & misused punctuation mark






17. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






18. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






19. A comma






20. Is plural






21. Two or more






22. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






23. History of word






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






25. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






26. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






29. Singular uses singular verb

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30. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






31. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






32. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






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






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






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






37. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






38. Used to show continuous or repeated action






39. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






40. Plural






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






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






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






44. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






45. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






46. Words expressing strong feelings






47. Warn about the use of certain words






48. Words used in place of nouns






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






50. Expected to occur later