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1. Indicates present - the past & future






2. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






3. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






6. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






7. Plural






8. Can stand alone






9. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






10. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






12. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






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






15. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






16. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






18. Singular uses singular verb

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19. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






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






22. Used to express a fact






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






24. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






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






26. Adds additional info to sentence






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






28. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






29. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






30. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






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






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






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






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






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






36. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






38. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






39. Prepositional phrases






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






41. Plural uses plural verb

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42. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






44. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






45. Words expressing strong feelings






46. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






47. When one noun possess another






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






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






50. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject