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1. Subjects are after the verb






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






3. Can stand alone






4. Is plural






5. Plural uses plural verb

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6. Surviving from a previous period






7. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






8. Express current action






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






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






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






12. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






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






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






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






16. Two or more






17. Words that connect other words or groups of words






18. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






19. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






20. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






21. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






22. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






24. Used to express command






25. Words expressing strong feelings






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






27. Known as relative pronoun clauses






28. To rest (sit - sat)






29. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






32. Commas are used to...






33. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






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






35. Pronouns that end in self






36. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






37. Often introduced by words such as then or as






38. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






39. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






40. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






42. Words used in place of nouns






43. Singular uses singular verb

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






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






46. The most used & misused punctuation mark






47. Verb comes before the subject






48. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






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






50. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause