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






2. Adds additional info to sentence






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






4. Indicates present - the past & future






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






6. Musical terms ending in o






7. Pronouns that end in self






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






17. Surviving from a previous period






18. When one noun possess another






19. Used to express a fact






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






21. Word often implied but not actually stated






22. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Known as relative pronoun clauses






30. A -an & the






31. Verb should agree with the closer subject






32. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






33. When addresses are written in sentence form....






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






35. Two or more






36. Join equal parts of sentences






37. 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






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






39. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






40. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






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






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






43. To place (set - setting)






44. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






45. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






46. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






48. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






50. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about







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