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1. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






2. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






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






5. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






6. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






7. Connecting words






8. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






9. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






10. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






11. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






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






15. Words that connect other words or groups of words






16. Expected to occur later






17. Singular uses singular verb

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






19. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






20. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






21. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






22. 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






23. Join equal parts of sentences






24. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






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






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






27. Used to show continuous or repeated action






28. Word combinations that are unique to that language






29. Plural






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






31. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






34. Is plural






35. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






37. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






38. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






39. Can stand alone






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






41. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






43. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






44. To place (set - setting)






45. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






48. A -an & the






49. A comma






50. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing