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






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






3. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






4. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






6. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






8. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






9. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






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






13. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






14. Known as relative pronoun clauses






15. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






16. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






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






18. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






19. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






20. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






21. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






23. Commas are used to...






24. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






25. A comma






26. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






28. Who - whom - whose - which & that






29. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






30. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






31. Singular






32. Subjects are after the verb






33. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






34. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






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






37. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






38. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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39. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






40. Prepositional phrases






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






42. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






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






45. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






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






47. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






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






50. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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