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46 Cards in this Set
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a,an
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use"a" before a consonant sound
use "an" before words with a vowel sound |
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accept
except |
verb- to receive
verb-to leave out preposition- excluding |
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ain't
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DON'T USE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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all right
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always two words!
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a lot
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always two words!!!
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already
all ready |
means previously
means completely prepared |
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among
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between, among
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anyways, anywheres, everywheres, nowheres, somewhere
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NO FINAL "S"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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as
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like, as
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as if
as though |
like, as if, as though
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at
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DON'T USE AFTER "WHERE"!!!!!
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bad
badly |
adjective
adverb |
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beside
besides |
preposition-"by the side of"
"in addition to" |
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between
among |
within two people
within more than two people |
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bring
take |
To come carrying something
To go carrying something |
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bust
busted |
USE WORDS LIKE BURST BREAK CATCH OR ARREST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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can't hardly
can't scarcely |
SHOULD NOT BE USE WITH ANOTHER NEGATIVE WORD!!!!!
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could of
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DON'T WRITE WITH A HELPING VERB!!!!!!!!!
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don't
doesn't |
472
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except
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accept,except
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fewer
less |
used with plural words "how many"
"how much" |
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good
well |
adjective, use well
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had ought, hadn't ought
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DON'T USE WITH HAD
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he
she they |
DOUBLE SUBJECT
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hisself, theirself, theirselves
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use himself and themselves
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how come
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why is preferred
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its
it's |
personal pronoun
contraction of it is or it has |
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kind
sort type |
this, that, these, and those
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learn
teach |
to acquire knowledge
to instruct, to show how |
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leave
let |
to go away
to allow, to permit |
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lie
lay |
pg 503
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like
as |
preposition. starts a preposition phrase
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like
as if as though |
SHOULD NOT USE LIKE
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of
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don't use before a prepositions
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real
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used as an adverb
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rise
raise |
pg. 501
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sit
set |
pg. 500
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some
somewhat |
don't use some
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than
then |
conjunction
adverb |
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their
there they're |
possessive form of they
at a place they are |
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them
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use these or those instead
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this here
that there |
here and there are not needed after this or that
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try and
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use try to
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use to
used to |
don't leave off the d
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way
ways |
reffering to a distance
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when
where |
don't use incorrectly to begin a definition
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