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






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






3. Singular uses singular verb

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






5. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






7. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






8. Primarily as subjects of verbs






9. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






10. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






11. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






13. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






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






17. Used to express a fact






18. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






20. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






21. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






24. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






25. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






26. History of word






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






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






29. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






30. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






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






33. When one noun possess another






34. Add ' (Horowitzes')






35. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






37. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






39. Plural uses plural verb

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40. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






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






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






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






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






45. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






47. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






48. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






50. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements







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