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1. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






2. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






3. Is singular






4. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






5. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






6. Subjects are after the verb






7. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






8. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






9. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






10. Add 's (Horowitz's)






11. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






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






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






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






15. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






16. Words that connect other words or groups of words






17. Commas are used to...






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






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






20. Musical terms ending in o






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






22. Used to express a fact






23. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






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






25. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






26. Plural uses plural verb

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






28. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






30. Join equal parts of sentences






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






32. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






33. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






35. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






38. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






40. To rest (sit - sat)






41. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






42. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






43. No longer used






44. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






45. Used to show continuous or repeated action






46. When one noun possess another






47. MDs - PhDs






48. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






50. Prepositional phrases