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1. Known as relative pronoun clauses






2. The most used & misused punctuation mark






3. Pronouns that end in self






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






5. Words used in place of nouns






6. Words that connect other words or groups of words






7. Two or more






8. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






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






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






12. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






13. When addresses are written in sentence form....






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






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






16. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






17. One






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






19. Word combinations that are unique to that language






20. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






21. Is singular






22. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






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






26. Add 's (Horowitz's)






27. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






29. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






31. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






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






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






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






35. History of word






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






37. Words expressing strong feelings






38. MDs - PhDs






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






40. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






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






43. Used to show continuous or repeated action






44. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






46. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






47. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






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






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






50. Verb comes before the subject