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






2. Used to express command






3. A -an & the






4. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






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






6. Action has been completed






7. Musical terms ending in o






8. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






10. 2 nouns express combined ownership


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






12. Prepositional phrases






13. Two or more






14. Verb should agree with the closer subject






15. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






16. Words that connect other words or groups of words






17. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






18. Plural uses plural verb


19. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






20. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






21. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






23. Plural






24. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






25. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






28. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






30. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






31. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






32. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






33. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






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






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






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






37. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






39. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






40. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






41. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






42. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






44. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






45. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






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






47. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






48. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






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