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






2. Join equal parts of sentences






3. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






5. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






6. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






8. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






9. When one noun possess another






10. Word often implied but not actually stated






11. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






12. Known as relative pronoun clauses






13. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






16. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






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






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






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






21. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






22. Singular






23. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






25. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






27. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






28. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






29. 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






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






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






32. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






33. Adds additional info to sentence






34. Words expressing strong feelings






35. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






36. Verb should agree with the closer subject






37. Is plural






38. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






39. Add ' (Horowitzes')






40. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






41. The most used & misused punctuation mark






42. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






43. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






44. Is singular






45. Words that connect other words or groups of words






46. Subjects are after the verb






47. No longer used






48. Verb comes before the subject






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






50. Indicates present - the past & future