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1. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






4. One






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






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






7. Musical terms ending in o






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






9. Words used in place of nouns






10. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






11. Verb comes before the subject






12. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






13. Join equal parts of sentences






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






15. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






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






18. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






19. A phrase or clause






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






21. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






22. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






23. Indicates present - the past & future






24. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






26. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






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






28. Used to express a fact






29. Surviving from a previous period






30. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






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






32. Plural






33. Used to express command






34. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






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






36. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






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






39. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






41. Commas are used to separate word that...






42. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






43. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






45. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






46. Adds additional info to sentence






47. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






49. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






50. Words that connect other words or groups of words