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1. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






2. Used to show continuous or repeated action






3. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






5. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






6. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






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






8. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






9. Two or more






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






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






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






13. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






14. Expected to occur later






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






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






17. To rest (sit - sat)






18. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






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






21. The most used & misused punctuation mark






22. Warn about the use of certain words






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






24. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






26. History of word






27. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






29. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






30. Prepositional phrases






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






32. Primarily as subjects of verbs






33. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






34. 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






35. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






37. Subjects are after the verb






38. Words that connect other words or groups of words






39. Words used in place of nouns






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






41. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






42. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






43. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






44. To place (set - setting)






45. Surviving from a previous period






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






47. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






48. Used to express a fact






49. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






50. Falls at the end of the sentence