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1. The most used & misused punctuation mark






2. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






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






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






5. Shows physical or mental action






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






7. Can stand alone






8. Used to show continuous or repeated action






9. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






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






13. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






14. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






15. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






16. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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17. Prepositional phrases






18. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






19. Musical terms ending in o






20. Singular






21. Used in certain countries or regions






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






23. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






24. Plural uses plural verb

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25. Plural






26. Is plural






27. Words used in place of nouns






28. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






29. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






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






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






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






35. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






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






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






38. Connecting words






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






40. MDs - PhDs






41. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






42. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






43. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






45. Express current action






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






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






48. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






49. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






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