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1. Words expressing strong feelings






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






3. Can stand alone






4. Shows physical or mental action






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






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






7. Indicates present - the past & future






8. Pronouns that end in self






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






10. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






11. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






12. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






13. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






15. Add ' (Horowitzes')






16. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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17. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






19. No longer used






20. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






22. Falls at the end of the sentence






23. Action has been completed






24. One






25. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






26. A comma






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






28. Used in certain countries or regions






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






30. MDs - PhDs






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






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






33. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






34. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






37. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






39. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






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






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






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






43. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






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






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






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






49. Surviving from a previous period






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