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






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






3. Is plural






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






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






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






7. Shows physical or mental action






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






9. History of word






10. Verb comes before the subject






11. A comma






12. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






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






14. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






15. Two or more






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






17. Adds additional info to sentence






18. Expected to occur later






19. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






20. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






21. A -an & the






22. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






24. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






25. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






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






27. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






28. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






29. No longer used






30. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






31. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






32. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






33. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






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






37. MDs - PhDs






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






39. Join equal parts of sentences






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






41. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






42. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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43. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






44. Plural uses plural verb

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45. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






47. Subjects are after the verb






48. Words used in place of nouns






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






50. One