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






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






3. Two or more






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






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






6. Commas are used to...






7. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






10. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






11. MDs - PhDs






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






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






14. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






15. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






18. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






19. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






20. Can stand alone






21. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






24. Singular uses singular verb

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25. Plural






26. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






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






28. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






30. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






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






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






33. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






35. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






36. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






37. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






39. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






40. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






43. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






44. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






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






46. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






47. Adds additional info to sentence






48. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






49. Words expressing strong feelings






50. Is plural