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1. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






3. Used to express a fact






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






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






6. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






7. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






8. Warn about the use of certain words






9. Action has been completed






10. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






11. Word combinations that are unique to that language






12. Primarily as subjects of verbs






13. Falls at the end of the sentence






14. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






16. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






17. Is singular






18. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






20. A comma






21. The most used & misused punctuation mark






22. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






24. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






26. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






28. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






31. Used to express command






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






33. Shows physical or mental action






34. Pronouns that end in self






35. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






37. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






38. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






39. Words expressing strong feelings






40. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






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






42. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






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






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






45. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






46. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






48. Commas are used to separate word that...






49. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






50. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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