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1. Used to express command






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






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






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






11. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






13. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






15. Is singular






16. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






17. Expected to occur later






18. Used in certain countries or regions






19. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






20. MDs - PhDs






21. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






22. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






23. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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24. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






25. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






26. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






27. Warn about the use of certain words






28. Plural






29. Add ' (Horowitzes')






30. Indicates present - the past & future






31. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






32. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






34. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






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






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






38. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






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






40. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






42. Verb comes before the subject






43. To rest (sit - sat)






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






45. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






46. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






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






48. Add 's (Horowitz's)






49. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






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