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






2. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






3. Verb comes before the subject






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






5. Known as relative pronoun clauses






6. Verb should agree with the closer subject






7. A comma






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






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






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






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






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






13. Adds additional info to sentence






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






15. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






18. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






19. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






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






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






22. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






24. Musical terms ending in o






25. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






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






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






37. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






38. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






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






41. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






43. Pronouns that end in self






44. A -an & the






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






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






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






48. Add 's (Horowitz's)






49. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






50. Shows physical or mental action