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1. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






3. Action has been completed






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






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






6. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






8. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






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






11. Used to show continuous or repeated action






12. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






15. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






16. When one noun possess another






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Known as relative pronoun clauses






24. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






25. To place (set - setting)






26. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






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






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






29. Join equal parts of sentences






30. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






31. Words used in place of nouns






32. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






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






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






35. History of word






36. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






37. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






39. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






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






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






43. Adds additional info to sentence






44. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






45. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






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






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






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






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






50. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned