Commas, Splices and Otherwise
Where do commas belong in the following sentence?
Ilyas ate an apple a banana and two pomegranates.
Ilyas ate an apple, a banana, and two pomegranates.
Is the following sentence Correct or Incorrect?
There are many questions.
Correct
Ouadia is a student at AUI is what kind of sentence?
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
a. Simple
Identify the error. Run-on sentence or Sentence Fragment?
It’s not easy to do music specifically good music it requires a lot of skills.
Run-on Sentence
What is the error in this sentence?
Manal ran out of the classroom, Kenza ran after her?
Comma splice
Which is correct in the following sentence, are or is?
The people who listen to Niska are/is cool.
are
A compound sentence has how many independent clauses (or complete sentences)?
Two
What is the error in the following sentence, Run-on or Fragment.
Depending on the situation.
Fragment
Correct the following sentence:
Friendships are important in a person’s life, it helps us discover our selves even more and become a better person.
Friendships are important in a person’s life, and they helps us discover ourselves even more and become a better person.
Friendships are important in a person’s life; They help us discover ourselves even more and become a better person.
Correct the subject-verb disagreement in the following sentence:
If a player have good dribbling capacity, he will give his team a superiority of possession, and it will give them more chances to score goals.
If a player has good dribbling capacity, he will give his team a superiority of possession, and it will give them more chances to score goals.
What type of sentence is this:
Reading every day helps Nahla's to be a better writer.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
a. Simple
Correct this sentence
Some students find that eating outside its very costly that’s why they cook at home even though they are bad at cooking.
Some students find that eating outside is very costly, and that is why they cook at home even though they are bad at cooking.
Some students find that eating outside is very costly; that is why they cook at home even though they are bad at cooking.
Correct the comma splice in the following sentence:
The shopaholic types are impulse and addicted
shoppers, their shopping is usually unplanned based on items that appear to them in the present moment.
The shopaholic types are impulse and addicted
shoppers, their shopping is usually unplanned based on items that appear to them in the present moment.
,and OR period OR ;
Identify the two subject-verb disagreement errors in the following sentence:
Football is more than a simple sport because it teach you patience and also it improve your health.
it teaches
it improves
third person singular!
Because he is an excellent football player, Youssef often writes about football.
Is this a complex or compound sentence?
Complex
First, identify the error. Second, correct the sentence.
My professor read my paper she said it was excellent.
Run-On
My professor read my paper, and she said it was excellent.
My professor read my paper; she said it was excellent.
My professor read my paper; she said it was excellent.
Where do the commas belong in this sentence:
Members of the Grammar Jazz Ensemble are Sami bassist; Badr saxophonist; Anass pianist; and Chai drummer.
Members of the Grammar Jazz Ensemble are Sami, bassist; Badr, saxophonist; Anass, pianist; and Chai, drummer.
Choose the correct verb form, is or are in the following sentence.
The pile of tests is/are on the desk.
is
What type of sentence is this? Identify the dependent clause and the two independent clauses in the following sentence.
Though Oussama prefers driving a car, he rode the train last weekend, and he enjoyed it very much.
DEP: Though Oussama prefers driving a car
IND: he rode the train last weekend
IND: he enjoyed it very much
Correct this sentence:
Football has a history it is an important sport.
Football has a history; it is an important sport.
Football has a history, and it is an important sport.
Football has a history. It is an important sport.