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1. Connecting words






2. Plural uses plural verb

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






4. Action has been completed






5. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






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






8. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






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






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






13. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






15. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






16. Used to express command






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






18. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






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






21. To place (set - setting)






22. Add 's (Horowitz's)






23. Indicates present - the past & future






24. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






25. Musical terms ending in o






26. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






27. Is plural






28. Commas are used to...






29. Warn about the use of certain words






30. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






32. Falls at the end of the sentence






33. 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






34. Often introduced by words such as then or as






35. Verb should agree with the closer subject






36. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






37. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






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






39. Surviving from a previous period






40. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






42. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






43. Singular






44. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






45. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






47. Expected to occur later






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






49. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






50. Used in certain countries or regions