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1. A -an & the






2. Is singular






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






4. Word often implied but not actually stated






5. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






6. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






7. MDs - PhDs






8. Add ' (Horowitzes')






9. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






10. Connecting words






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






12. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






15. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






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






18. Indicates present - the past & future






19. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






20. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






22. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






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






25. To place (set - setting)






26. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






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






28. Surviving from a previous period






29. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






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






33. Join equal parts of sentences






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






35. Prepositional phrases






36. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






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






38. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






39. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






41. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






42. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






43. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






45. Word combinations that are unique to that language






46. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






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






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