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






2. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






3. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






4. Known as relative pronoun clauses






5. Can stand alone






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






7. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






8. Surviving from a previous period






9. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






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






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






12. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






13. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






14. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






15. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






16. Subjects are after the verb






17. History of word






18. Is singular






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






20. Prepositional phrases






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






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






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






24. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






26. Singular






27. Expected to occur later






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






29. Add 's (Horowitz's)






30. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






31. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






32. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






34. Verb comes before the subject






35. Word combinations that are unique to that language






36. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






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






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






39. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






40. A comma






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






42. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






45. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






46. Used to express command






47. Connecting words






48. One






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






50. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....