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






2. The most used & misused punctuation mark






3. Musical terms ending in o






4. Two or more






5. A comma






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






7. Express current action






8. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






10. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






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






12. Is plural






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






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






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






16. Subjects are after the verb






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






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






19. When one noun possess another






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






21. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






22. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






24. Often introduced by words such as then or as






25. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






27. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






28. Falls at the end of the sentence






29. Who - whom - whose - which & that






30. Singular uses singular verb

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31. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






33. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






34. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






36. Verb should agree with the closer subject






37. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






38. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






39. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






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






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






44. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






45. Shows physical or mental action






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






47. Used to express a fact






48. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






49. Connecting words






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