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1. Indicates present - the past & future






2. Musical terms ending in o






3. Falls at the end of the sentence






4. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






7. A -an & the






8. A phrase or clause






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






10. Is plural






11. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






12. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






14. Is singular






15. Used to express a fact






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






17. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






20. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






21. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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22. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






25. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






26. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






27. Prepositional phrases






28. Adds additional info to sentence






29. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






30. Words used in place of nouns






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






32. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






34. Warn about the use of certain words






35. Used in certain countries or regions






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






37. When dates contain more than one element....






38. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






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






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






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






42. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






43. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






44. MDs - PhDs






45. One






46. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






48. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






49. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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