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






2. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






3. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






6. Two or more






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






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






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






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






11. Express current action






12. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






13. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






14. History of word






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






16. Surviving from a previous period






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






18. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






20. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






23. Add 's (Horowitz's)






24. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






25. Verb comes before the subject






26. Words used in place of nouns






27. Subjects are after the verb






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






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






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






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






32. Used to express command






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






34. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






36. Indicates present - the past & future






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






38. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






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






40. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






42. 2 nouns express combined ownership


43. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






44. Join equal parts of sentences






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






46. When one noun possess another






47. Connecting words






48. Shows physical or mental action






49. Words that connect other words or groups of words






50. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns