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






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






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






4. Who - whom - whose - which & that






5. Verb should agree with the closer subject






6. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






7. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






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






10. Connecting words






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






12. Words used in place of nouns






13. Used to express command






14. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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15. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






16. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






17. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






19. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






20. A -an & the






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






22. History of word






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






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






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






26. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






28. Prepositional phrases






29. Subjects are after the verb






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






31. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






32. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






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






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






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






36. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






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






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






39. Join equal parts of sentences






40. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






42. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






43. Shows physical or mental action






44. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






45. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






46. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






47. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






48. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






50. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant