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






2. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






4. Known as relative pronoun clauses






5. Shows physical or mental action






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






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






8. Add 's (Horowitz's)






9. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






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






11. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






12. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






13. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






14. Express current action






15. Surviving from a previous period






16. A -an & the






17. To rest (sit - sat)






18. Words expressing strong feelings






19. Verb should agree with the closer subject






20. Used to express command






21. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






23. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






25. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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26. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






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






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






30. Warn about the use of certain words






31. Prepositional phrases






32. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






34. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






35. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






36. Falls at the end of the sentence






37. Words used in place of nouns






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






39. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






40. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






42. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






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






44. Is singular






45. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






46. Commas are used to...






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






48. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






49. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






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