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1. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






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






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






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






5. Word often implied but not actually stated






6. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






7. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






8. Express current action






9. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






10. Action has been completed






11. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






13. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






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






15. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






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






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






19. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






20. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






21. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






24. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






25. Connecting words






26. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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27. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






28. Plural






29. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






30. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






32. Two or more






33. Expected to occur later






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






35. Singular uses singular verb

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






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






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






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






40. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






43. A comma






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






45. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






46. Word combinations that are unique to that language






47. When one noun possess another






48. Used to show continuous or repeated action






49. Words used in place of nouns






50. Words expressing strong feelings