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1. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






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






3. 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






4. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






6. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






7. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






8. Is singular






9. Commas are used to...






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






11. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






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






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






14. A phrase or clause






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






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






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






18. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






20. Singular






21. Prepositional phrases






22. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






23. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






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






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






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






27. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






28. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






29. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






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






34. Used to express command






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






36. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






37. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






40. A -an & the






41. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






42. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






44. MDs - PhDs






45. Singular uses singular verb

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46. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






47. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






49. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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