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1. Used to show continuous or repeated action






2. Can stand alone






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






4. One






5. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






6. To rest (sit - sat)






7. Often introduced by words such as then or as






8. Join equal parts of sentences






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






10. When addresses are written in sentence form....






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






12. MDs - PhDs






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






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






15. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






17. Commas are used to...






18. Subjects are after the verb






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






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






21. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






23. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






24. A comma






25. Singular






26. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 2 nouns express separate ownership


34. No longer used






35. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






37. When one noun possess another






38. Falls at the end of the sentence






39. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






43. Used to express command






44. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






45. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






46. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






47. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






49. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






50. Is plural