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1. Pronouns that end in self






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






3. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






4. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






5. Singular uses singular verb

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






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






8. No longer used






9. Used to express a fact






10. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






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






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






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






14. Commas are used to...






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






16. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






18. Word combinations that are unique to that language






19. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






20. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






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






22. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






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






25. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






26. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






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






30. Plural uses plural verb

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31. Prepositional phrases






32. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






33. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






35. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






36. Connecting words






37. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






40. Plural






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






42. A -an & the






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






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






45. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






46. Shows physical or mental action






47. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






48. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






49. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






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







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