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1. Subjects are after the verb






2. Pronouns that end in self






3. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






4. When dates contain more than one element....






5. Warn about the use of certain words






6. MDs - PhDs






7. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






9. Commas are used to...






10. History of word






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






12. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






13. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






14. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






15. Often introduced by words such as then or as






16. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






18. The most used & misused punctuation mark






19. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






21. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






22. Expected to occur later






23. Plural






24. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






28. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






29. 2 nouns express combined ownership


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






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






32. Used in certain countries or regions






33. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






35. Primarily as subjects of verbs






36. Used to express a fact






37. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






38. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






39. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






40. Add ' (Horowitzes')






41. Plural uses plural verb


42. 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






43. A comma






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






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






46. Known as relative pronoun clauses






47. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






49. Words that connect other words or groups of words






50. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words