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






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






3. Add 's (Horowitz's)






4. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






6. Two or more






7. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






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






10. Surviving from a previous period






11. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






12. A comma






13. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






14. Express current action






15. Is singular






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






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






18. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






19. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






23. No longer used






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






25. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






28. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






29. Musical terms ending in o






30. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






32. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






33. Singular uses singular verb

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34. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






35. Pronouns that end in self






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






37. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






39. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






41. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






43. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






44. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






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






46. A -an & the






47. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






49. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






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