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1. Connecting words






2. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






3. History of word






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






5. Subjects are after the verb






6. Verb should agree with the closer subject






7. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






8. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






9. Adds additional info to sentence






10. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






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






12. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






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






14. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






16. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






18. Used in certain countries or regions






19. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






21. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






22. Plural






23. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






24. Falls at the end of the sentence






25. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






27. Action has been completed






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






29. Primarily as subjects of verbs






30. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






33. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






36. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






37. Shows physical or mental action






38. A comma






39. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






40. Surviving from a previous period






41. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






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






43. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






44. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






45. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






46. Two or more






47. Indicates present - the past & future






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






49. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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