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1. Pronouns that end in self






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






3. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






4. Falls at the end of the sentence






5. When one noun possess another






6. Is singular






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






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






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






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






11. MDs - PhDs






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






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






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






15. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






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






17. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






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






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






20. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






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






22. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






23. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






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






27. Verb should agree with the closer subject






28. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






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






31. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






32. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






33. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






34. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






36. Used in certain countries or regions






37. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






38. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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39. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






40. Shows physical or mental action






41. Add ' (Horowitzes')






42. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






43. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






44. Often introduced by words such as then or as






45. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






46. Known as relative pronoun clauses






47. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






48. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






49. Action has been completed






50. Verb comes before the subject