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






2. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






3. Add ' (Horowitzes')






4. Prepositional phrases






5. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






6. A -an & the






7. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






9. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






10. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






12. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






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






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






16. Musical terms ending in o






17. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






19. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






20. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






21. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






22. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






23. Plural uses plural verb

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






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






26. Adds additional info to sentence






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






28. Two or more






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






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






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






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






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






34. Subjects are after the verb






35. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






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






38. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






39. Words used in place of nouns






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






41. When one noun possess another






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






43. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






44. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






47. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






48. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






49. MDs - PhDs






50. Expected to occur later