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






2. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






4. A comma






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






6. Prepositional phrases






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






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






9. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






11. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






13. Surviving from a previous period






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






15. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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16. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






18. Plural






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






20. Connecting words






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






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






23. Commas are used to...






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






25. A -an & the






26. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






27. Known as relative pronoun clauses






28. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






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






30. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






32. Plural uses plural verb

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33. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






34. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






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






36. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






37. Shows physical or mental action






38. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






40. A phrase or clause






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






42. Musical terms ending in o






43. History of word






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






45. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






47. Used to express command






48. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






49. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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