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






2. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






4. Subjects are after the verb






5. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






8. Pronouns that end in self






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






10. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






11. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






12. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






15. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






18. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






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






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






21. To rest (sit - sat)






22. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






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






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






28. MDs - PhDs






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






30. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






31. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






32. Used in certain countries or regions






33. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






35. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






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






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






39. Expected to occur later






40. Express current action






41. Plural uses plural verb


42. Words used in place of nouns






43. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






44. Add 's (Horowitz's)






45. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






47. Singular uses singular verb


48. Used to express command






49. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






50. Singular