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1. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






2. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






3. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






4. Warn about the use of certain words






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






6. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






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






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






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






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






11. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






12. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






13. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






14. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






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






16. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






17. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






19. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






20. Express current action






21. Indicates present - the past & future






22. No longer used






23. Singular






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






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






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






27. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






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






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






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






33. Action has been completed






34. History of word






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






36. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






37. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






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






42. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






43. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






44. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






45. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






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






47. Plural






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






49. One






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