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






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






3. One






4. Indicates present - the past & future






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






6. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






7. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






8. When one noun possess another






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






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






11. Used to show continuous or repeated action






12. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






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






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






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






17. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






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






19. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






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






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






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






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






24. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






27. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






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






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






31. Add 's (Horowitz's)






32. To rest (sit - sat)






33. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






34. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






35. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






36. Singular






37. Plural






38. Used to express command






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






40. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






41. To place (set - setting)






42. Surviving from a previous period






43. Subjects are after the verb






44. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






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






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






48. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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