Fragments
Comma Splices
Run-Ons
Miscellaneous
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Define Fragment
What is incomplete sentences
100
True or false: Comma splices are two independent clauses joined ONLY by a comma (there is not a conjunction)
True
100
Define Run-Ons
When a writer joins the two independent clauses without any punctuation at all.
100
Must have a subject and a verb
What is a clause?
200
How do you correct fragments?
Remove the period between the fragment and main clause. Some other punctuation may need to be added to the new combined sentence.
200
Define Comma Splices
Occur when writers combine two (or more) complete thoughts (independent clauses) incorrectly.
200
Repair the following run-on: Folic acid appears to exert a protective effect, for example, one study showed that it cut the rate of neural tube defects by two-thirds.
Folic acid appears to exert a protective effect. For example, one study showed that it cut the rate of neural tube defects by two-thirds.
200
Two independent clauses
What is a compound sentence?
300
In order for a dependent clause to be used correctly in a sentence, it must have this...
What is an independent clause?
300
How do you fix a comma splice?
Add in a conjunction to the sentence OR change the comma to a semicolon (or a period would also work)
300
What is the relationship between comma splices and run-ons?
You fix run-ons the same way you fix comma splices: insert a comma and a conjunction, or insert a semicolon, or insert a period
300
a comma and a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon, or a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb
What are three ways of joining independent clauses?
400
What punctuation must follow a subordinate clause if it is used at the beginning of the sentence?
What is a comma?
400
Fix the following Comma Splice: After the sixth inning, I went home, my family stayed.
After the sixth inning, I went home. My family stayed.
400
Correct or incorrect: People already believed the precious metals to be divine so their use in money intensified its allure.
Incorrect *divine, so
400
Words like "because, "if," "as," "when"
What are examples of subordinating conjunctions?
500
After the storm; the woman hung out her laundry. The part of the word group that is a fragment.
What is "After the storm"
500
How do you AVOID comma splices?
When using a comma, pay attention to the clauses you are connecting.
500
Correct or Incorrect & Explain why: Having prepared himself well for the realtor exams and having exhausted everyone in the family with his requests that someone help him with the true-and-false drills, Jeffrey, who had never been a particularly good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life.
Correct because length has nothing to do with whether a sentence is a run-on or not.
500
contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence?
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