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1. Musical terms ending in o






2. Adds additional info to sentence






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






4. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






6. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






7. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






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






9. Surviving from a previous period






10. Used to show continuous or repeated action






11. Commas are used to...






12. Express current action






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






14. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






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






16. Words expressing strong feelings






17. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






18. Plural






19. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






21. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






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






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






25. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






26. Two or more






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






28. Singular






29. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






30. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






31. When one noun possess another






32. MDs - PhDs






33. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






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






35. One






36. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






37. Shows physical or mental action






38. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






40. Used to express a fact






41. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






42. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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43. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






44. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






45. Is singular






46. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






47. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






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






49. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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