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1. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






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






3. Join equal parts of sentences






4. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






7. Known as relative pronoun clauses






8. Warn about the use of certain words






9. Action has been completed






10. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






11. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






12. Plural






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






14. Surviving from a previous period






15. Commas are used to separate word that...






16. Verb should agree with the closer subject






17. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






18. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






19. Expected to occur later






20. A -an & the






21. One






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






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






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






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






26. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






28. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






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






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






31. Connecting words






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






33. Word combinations that are unique to that language






34. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






35. Is plural






36. Word often implied but not actually stated






37. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






38. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






40. Used to express command






41. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






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






43. Pronouns that end in self






44. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






45. No longer used






46. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






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






48. Indicates present - the past & future






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






50. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....







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