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1. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






2. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






3. Shows physical or mental action






4. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






5. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






6. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






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






10. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






12. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






14. To place (set - setting)






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






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






17. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






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






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






21. Musical terms ending in o






22. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






23. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






24. A phrase or clause






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






26. Commas are used to separate word that...






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






28. One






29. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






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






33. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






34. Indicates present - the past & future






35. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






37. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






38. 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






39. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






40. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






42. Commas are used to...






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






44. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






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






46. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






47. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






48. Plural uses plural verb

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






50. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...