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






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






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






4. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






5. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






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






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






8. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






10. Used to show continuous or repeated action






11. Is plural






12. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






14. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






15. A -an & the






16. Prepositional phrases






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






18. Two or more






19. MDs - PhDs






20. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






21. To place (set - setting)






22. Commas are used to...






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






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






25. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






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






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






29. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






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






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






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






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






35. Warn about the use of certain words






36. The most used & misused punctuation mark






37. Can stand alone






38. Expected to occur later






39. Words that connect other words or groups of words






40. Plural uses plural verb

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41. History of word






42. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






43. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






44. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






46. Surviving from a previous period






47. A phrase or clause






48. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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