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






2. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






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






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






6. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






8. MDs - PhDs






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






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






11. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






12. Prepositional phrases






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






14. Adds additional info to sentence






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






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






17. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






19. Express current action






20. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






21. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






22. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






25. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






26. Musical terms ending in o






27. Pronouns that end in self






28. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






29. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






30. Surviving from a previous period






31. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






32. Connecting words






33. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






36. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






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






40. Indicates present - the past & future






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






42. Words used in place of nouns






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






44. Two or more






45. To place (set - setting)






46. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






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






49. Subjects are after the verb






50. When one noun possess another