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1. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






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






4. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






6. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






7. Words used in place of nouns






8. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






9. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






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






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






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






13. Singular uses singular verb

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14. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






16. Used to express a fact






17. Pronouns that end in self






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






19. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






20. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






21. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






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






24. The most used & misused punctuation mark






25. Join equal parts of sentences






26. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






27. Warn about the use of certain words






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






29. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






30. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






31. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






32. Plural






33. A phrase or clause






34. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






35. Singular






36. Used to express command






37. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






38. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






39. Word often implied but not actually stated






40. Shows physical or mental action






41. To rest (sit - sat)






42. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






44. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






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






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






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






49. Expected to occur later






50. Adds additional info to sentence