Fragments
This is the term for an incomplete sentence.
What is a fragment?
The A in FANBOYS.
What is "and"?
A punctuation mark that indicates a pause in a sentence.
What is a comma?
This is wrong in this sentence: "i really enjoy going to the mall."
What is the lowercase i?
"Playing basketball tomorrow after school." is an example of this.
What is a fragment?
The N in FANBOYS?
What is "nor"?
This is the term used for incorrectly joining two sentences with a comma and not using a FANBOY.
What is a comma splice?
This is wrong in this sentence: "I really want to go to the movies but I am grounded."
What is a comma before "but"?
"She went to school." is an example of this.
What is a complete sentence?
This appears before the FANBOYS.
What is the comma?
This is what you should do when a sentence contains a list.
What is "separate list items with commas"?
This is what's wrong in this sentence: "MLK was a father a minister and a civil rights activist."
What is commas after "father" and "minister"?
These are the three components of a complete sentence.
What is a subject, verb, and a complete thought?
This FANBOYS should combine these two sentences: "I wanted to try out for baseball. I had a doctor's appointment that day."
What is "but"?
This is where a comma should go if a sentence contains an appositive phrase.
Where is "before and after the appositive phrase"?
This is what is wrong with this sentence: "We are going to Hughie's an Asian inspired restaurant for dinner tomorrow."
What is commas separating the appositive phrase?
This is one component of a complete sentence. It is what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
This is the purpose of FANBOYS.
What is combining two related sentences?
A comma and FANBOYS can only be used if both ideas are this.
What is "a complete sentence on it's own".
This is what's wrong with these sentences: "The term "Disk jockey" was originally for radio announcers. Stayed up all night "riding" discs.
Why is the second sentence a fragment?