Definitions
A word.
What is the smallest unit of speech that has meaning?
Because I said so.
What is a dependent clause? (This is also a fragment but the category asks you to identify clauses.)
His mission was to gather samples, bag and tag them, and keep them as undisturbed as possible.
What is an example of "Put a comma after three or more words in a series"?
Add a period or a semicolon.
What are two ways to correct a run-on sentence?
The FANBOYS.
What is "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?"
A phrase.
What is two or more words, connected in meaning, without a subject/verb combination?
Wherever you go and whatever you do.
What are dependent clauses?
Burr was jealous of Hamilton, and Hamilton was scornful of Burr.
What is an example of "Put a comma before FANBOYS when they join two independent clauses"?
Add a subject, a verb, or a subject/verb combination as needed.
What are three ways to correct a sentence fragment?
Every complete sentence is or contains one of these.
What is an independent clause?
(Or What is a subject/verb combination?)
Subject plus a verb.
What is a clause? (Or, What is an independent clause?)
It wasn't hard to see the logic.
What is an independent clause?
"I can't tell you this, John, to your face."
What is an example of "Put commas around the names of people directly addressed in writing?"
Change the DC to IC.
What is one way to correct a sentence fragment?
True/False: Use a comma after an independent clause when it's followed by a dependent clause.
What is false?
A dependent clause.
What is a dependent word, followed by a subject/verb combination?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
What is an independent clause followed by a dependent clause?
She worried, of course, if he would survive the duel.
What is an example of "Put commas around words that interrupt the flow of the sentence?"
Add a dependent word to one of the clauses.
What is one way to correct a run-on sentence?
These show location in time or space.
What is a preposition?
A run-on sentence.
What is two independent clauses without proper punctuation between them?
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
What is a dependent clause followed by a dependent clause followed by an independent clause?
Wondering which Shakespeare play, of his 37, is the most beautiful may be a waste of time.
What is an example of "Put commas around words that add additional information or are unnecessary in the sentence?"
Change the IC to DC.
What is one way to correct a run-on sentence?
The number of clauses in this sentence:
The snow in the mountains was melting, and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.
What is three?