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






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






3. Prepositional phrases






4. A phrase or clause






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






6. Used in certain countries or regions






7. No longer used






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






9. Expected to occur later






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






11. Words expressing strong feelings






12. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






13. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






15. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






16. MDs - PhDs






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






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






19. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






20. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






21. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






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






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






24. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






27. Subjects are after the verb






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






29. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






30. Words that connect other words or groups of words






31. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






33. Verb comes before the subject






34. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






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






38. The most used & misused punctuation mark






39. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






40. A -an & the






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






42. Is singular






43. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






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






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






47. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






49. 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






50. Used to show continuous or repeated action