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1. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






2. Commas are used to...






3. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






4. Adds additional info to sentence






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






6. Can stand alone






7. A phrase or clause






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






9. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






11. Is singular






12. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






13. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






15. Primarily as subjects of verbs






16. Connecting words






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






18. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






19. Singular






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






21. To rest (sit - sat)






22. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






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






24. Expected to occur later






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






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






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






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






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






30. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






31. Who - whom - whose - which & that






32. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






33. History of word






34. Plural






35. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






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






38. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






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






41. Shows physical or mental action






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






43. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






44. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






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






47. 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






48. Musical terms ending in o






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






50. Used in certain countries or regions







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