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1. A comma






2. Can stand alone






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






4. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






5. Used to express command






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






7. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






8. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






9. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






10. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






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






13. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






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






15. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






16. Singular uses singular verb

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






18. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






19. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






20. History of word






21. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






22. The most used & misused punctuation mark






23. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






24. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






26. MDs - PhDs






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






28. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






30. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






33. Subjects are after the verb






34. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






35. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






37. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






38. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






40. Join equal parts of sentences






41. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






42. Is plural






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






44. To rest (sit - sat)






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






46. Word often implied but not actually stated






47. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






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






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