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1. A -an & the






2. History of word






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






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






5. Used to express a fact






6. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






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






10. Express current action






11. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






12. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






14. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






16. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






17. Who - whom - whose - which & that






18. One






19. To rest (sit - sat)






20. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






22. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






23. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






25. Shows physical or mental action






26. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






28. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






29. Commas are used to...






30. Words used in place of nouns






31. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






34. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






37. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






38. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






40. To place (set - setting)






41. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






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






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






44. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






46. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






47. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






48. Plural uses plural verb

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49. Singular






50. Words expressing strong feelings