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1. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






2. Used to express command






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






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






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






6. Two or more






7. Singular uses singular verb

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8. Known as relative pronoun clauses






9. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






10. Used in certain countries or regions






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






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






13. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






15. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






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






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






18. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






19. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






22. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






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






26. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






28. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






29. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






30. Pronouns that end in self






31. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






32. When one noun possess another






33. Is singular






34. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






35. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






36. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






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






39. Contains helpful info: punctuation - hyphenation - capitalization - number style - abbreviations - & commonly confused words






40. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






41. Singular






42. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






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






44. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






46. When dates contain more than one element....






47. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






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






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