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






2. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






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






4. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






5. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






6. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






7. Singular






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






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






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






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






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






13. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






14. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






15. Verb should agree with the closer subject






16. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






17. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






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






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






20. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






21. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






23. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






24. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






25. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






26. Words expressing strong feelings






27. Words that connect other words or groups of words






28. A comma






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






30. Two or more






31. Surviving from a previous period






32. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






33. 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






34. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






35. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






38. No longer used






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






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






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






42. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






43. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






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






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






46. Word often implied but not actually stated






47. Shows physical or mental action






48. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






50. Warn about the use of certain words