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






2. Used to express command






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






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






5. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






7. Used in certain countries or regions






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






9. Commas are used to...






10. No longer used






11. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






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






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






14. Musical terms ending in o






15. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






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






17. Warn about the use of certain words






18. Known as relative pronoun clauses






19. When one noun possess another






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






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






22. Words that connect other words or groups of words






23. One






24. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






25. Indicates present - the past & future






26. History of word






27. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






29. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






30. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






31. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






32. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






34. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






36. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






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






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






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






40. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






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






43. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






44. Express current action






45. 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






46. Is plural






47. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






48. To rest (sit - sat)






49. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






50. Verb comes before the subject







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