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1. Prepositional phrases






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






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






4. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






5. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






6. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






7. Can stand alone






8. Indicates present - the past & future






9. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






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






13. To rest (sit - sat)






14. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






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






17. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






18. MDs - PhDs






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






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






21. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






22. A -an & the






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






24. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






25. Expected to occur later






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






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






28. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






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






31. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






32. No longer used






33. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






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






36. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






37. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






38. Word combinations that are unique to that language






39. 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






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






41. Words used in place of nouns






42. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






43. Connecting words






44. Two or more






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






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






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






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






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






50. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)