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1. Singular uses singular verb


2. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






10. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






12. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






13. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






14. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






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






16. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






17. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






19. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






21. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






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






24. Is plural






25. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






26. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






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






30. Action has been completed






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






32. Words used in place of nouns






33. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. To rest (sit - sat)






41. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






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






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






44. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






45. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






46. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






48. Who - whom - whose - which & that






49. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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