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1. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






3. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






5. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






6. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






7. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






9. Word often implied but not actually stated






10. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






11. History of word






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






13. When addresses are written in sentence form....






14. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






16. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






19. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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20. Join equal parts of sentences






21. Warn about the use of certain words






22. Words expressing strong feelings






23. Plural






24. The most used & misused punctuation mark






25. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






26. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






28. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






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






32. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






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






34. Action has been completed






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






36. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






37. Adds additional info to sentence






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






39. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






40. Used to show continuous or repeated action






41. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






42. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






43. Expected to occur later






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






45. No longer used






46. MDs - PhDs






47. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






48. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






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