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Understanding Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons: Key Concepts and Examples

This guide provides an overview of sentence fragments and run-on sentences, highlighting the essential components of a complete sentence: a subject, a verb, and the expression of a complete thought. It includes definitions, examples, and methods for identifying and revising these common writing issues. Learn how to effectively link fragments to independent clauses or develop them into complete sentences, and discover strategies for correcting run-ons by creating separate sentences or using conjunctions and punctuation. Elevate your writing with clarity and effectiveness!

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Understanding Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons: Key Concepts and Examples

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  1. CONVENTIONS: Fragments & Run-ons

  2. To be complete, a sentence must: • 1. Have a subject • 2. Have a verb • 3. Express a complete thought

  3. If one or more of these pieces are missing, the group of words is a fragment. • SENTENCE FRAGMENT:A group of words that is only a PART of a sentence and does not express a complete thought.

  4. EXAMPLES: • Flowers that are fresh cut. • In the jar on top of the refrigerator. • While we were swimming.

  5. 3-Part Test to determine if a sentence is a fragment • 1. Does the group of words have a subject? • 2. Does the group of words have a verb? • 3. Does the group of words express a complete thought?

  6. Revising sentence fragments: • 1. Link fragment to an independent clause • 2. Develop fragment into a complete sentence

  7. Examples: • Flowers that are fresh cut should be placed in cold water. • We put the candy in the jar on top of the refrigerator. • While we were swimming, Jane was stung by a bee.

  8. RUN-ON SENTENCE:Two or more complete sentences that are written as one sentence. • Example: Measurements originally were related to the sizes of people’s hands, arms, and feet an inch was the width of a thumb.

  9. **To prevent run-ons, READ your writing aloud!!! A natural pause means you have come to the end of a thought.

  10. Revising Run-ons: • 1. Make two separate sentences • Example: Measurements originally were related to the sizes of people’s hands, arms, and feet. An inch was the width of a thumb. • OR

  11. Revising Run-ons: • 2. Make a compound sentence by: • a. Adding a comma and a coordinating conjunction-and, but, for, or , nor, yet, so

  12. 2. a. • Run-on: Spanish is the official language of Guatemala many Guatemalans speak Maya Indian languages. • Revised: Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, butmany Guatemalans speak Maya Indian languages.

  13. Revising Run-ons: • 2. Make a compound sentence by: • b. Adding a semicolon ;

  14. 2. b. • Run-on: About half the people in Guatemala are descended from Maya Indians about half have mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry. • Revised: About half the people in Guatemala are descended from Maya Indians;about half have mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.

  15. Revising Run-ons: • 2. Make a compound sentence by: • c. Adding a semicolon AND a conjunctive adverb-therefore, instead, meanwhile, still, also, nevertheless, however • **conjunctive adverbs need to be followed by a comma

  16. 2. c. • Run-on: Guatemala’s rich soil is its greatest natural resource, agriculture is one of the country’s main industries. • Revised: Guatemala’s rich soil is its greatest natural resource; therefore, agriculture is one of the country’s main industries.

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