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1. Words expressing strong feelings






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






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






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






5. When one noun possess another






6. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






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






10. Used to show continuous or repeated action






11. To rest (sit - sat)






12. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






13. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






14. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






15. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






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






18. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






19. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






20. Commas are used to...






21. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






22. Singular uses singular verb


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






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






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






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






27. Commas are used to separate word that...






28. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






30. Known as relative pronoun clauses






31. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






32. Used in certain countries or regions






33. No longer used






34. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






35. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






37. Singular






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






39. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






40. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






41. The most used & misused punctuation mark






42. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






43. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






44. 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






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






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






47. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






49. Adds additional info to sentence






50. Who - whom - whose - which & that