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






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






3. One






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






5. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






6. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






7. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






8. Words expressing strong feelings






9. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






10. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






11. Express current action






12. Used to show continuous or repeated action






13. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






15. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






16. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






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






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






20. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






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






22. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






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






24. No longer used






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






26. Musical terms ending in o






27. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






29. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






31. Is plural






32. Prepositional phrases






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






34. A -an & the






35. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






37. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






38. Expected to occur later






39. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






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






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






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






44. Primarily as subjects of verbs






45. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






46. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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47. A phrase or clause






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






49. Connecting words






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