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1. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






2. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






3. Expected to occur later






4. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






6. Who - whom - whose - which & that






7. Add ' (Horowitzes')






8. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






9. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






10. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






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






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






14. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






15. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






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






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






19. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






20. A phrase or clause






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






22. Used to express command






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






24. Action has been completed






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






26. Shows physical or mental action






27. To place (set - setting)






28. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






29. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






30. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






32. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






33. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






34. Express current action






35. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






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






38. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






39. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






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






41. MDs - PhDs






42. Used to show continuous or repeated action






43. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






45. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






46. Add 's (Horowitz's)






47. Commas are used to...






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






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






50. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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