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






2. Two or more






3. Words that connect other words or groups of words






4. A comma






5. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






6. 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






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






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






9. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






12. The most used & misused punctuation mark






13. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






15. No longer used






16. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






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






19. Word combinations that are unique to that language






20. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






21. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






22. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






23. Word often implied but not actually stated






24. Surviving from a previous period






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






26. Used to express command






27. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






28. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






30. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






31. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






33. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






34. Prepositional phrases






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






36. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






38. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






39. Connecting words






40. History of word






41. One






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






43. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






44. Express current action






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






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






47. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






48. Commas are used to...






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






50. To go up (rise - rose - risen)