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What makes a sentence a fragment?
A sentence fragment that does not have a complete thought, a verb, a subject, or an independent clause.
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Is this a run on sentence? My mom took me to a store so I could get a pretty doll with a pretty blue dress and after we went to eat.
Yes, It should separate where the and connects them.
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Name the two types of clauses.
Independent and Dependent.
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What does a sentence have to have to be a correct sentence?
A sentence has to have a subject, a predicate, and it has to be a complete thought in order to be a correct sentence.
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What does a compound sentence have to have in it?
It has to have two independent clauses linked together with a semi colon or a comma and conjunction.
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Why is this sentence a fragment? After I walked to the store.
It starts with a subordinating conjunction, and isn't a complete thought.
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Does this run on have an independent clause? After we went to eat, and after we went shopping.
No, It doesn't have an independent clause. It has two dependent clauses.
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What does an independent clause have to have?
It must have a verb, subject, and a complete thought.
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Is this a complete sentence? "I went to the store."
Yes this is a complete simple sentence. It is a complete sentence because it has a subject, predicate, and its a complete thought.
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What kind of sentence is this? I baked cookies, and the kids devoured them.
It is a compound sentence because it has two independent clauses linked together with a conjunction and a comma.
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What is this fragment missing? Went to the store.
A subject, "went" is the predicate and to the store is not needed in the sentence so the subject is missing.
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What is a run on sentence?
It is a sentence that doesn't stop, it just keeps going and going with too many clauses put together.
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What type of clause is this? I went to the store to buy some crackers.
It is an independent clause.
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Give an example of a complex sentence and what makes it complex.
Example Sentence: "After it snowed, I built a snowman." This is a complex sentence because it has a dependent clause, "After it snowed," and an independent clause, "I built a snowman."
300
Where do the two commas go in this sentence? Because the dog jumped he got yelled at buy his owner "stop jumping!"
The first comma should go after "jumped" because its linking a dependent and an independent clause together. The second comma should go after "owner" because the dog's owner is starting to talk.
400
Name 3 things a fragment can be missing.
It could be a complete thought,a subject, and or an independent clause.
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Is this a run on? My father and I walked to the store, while my brother and my mom played a fun game of hide-and-seek at our house.
Nope. It has two independent clauses with a lot of description.
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How are a dependent and an independent clause different?
An Independent clause is a sentence that can stand on it's own. A dependent can not stand on it's own, it needs help from a independent clause.
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Is this a run on sentence or a fragment? Really like to eat pizza.
It is a fragment because it not a complete thought and it does not have a subject.
400
Find the five mistakes in this sentence. after she went to the park She ran home speedly?
The mistakes are: After should be capitalized there should be a comma after park she shouldn't be capitalized speedly is spelled speedily and there should be a period at the end not a question mark
500
Identify the two clauses and the fragment in this sentence. After I went to the store, I unpacked the groceries.
first fragment clause: After I went to the store, independent clause: I unpacked the groceries.
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Explain why this isn't a run-on. My mom wanted to go shopping, but I wanted to watch TV with my friend at her house down the street from mine.
It has two independent clauses mashed together.
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What is missing in this sentence? Because I attempted making a jeopardy game I got a good grade.
It is missing a comma in between "Game" and the "I".
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How long is a complete sentence?
A complete sentence can be as long or as short as you may want as long as it has a subject, predicate, and its a complete thought.
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Explain the differences between a clause and a phrase.
A fragment is missing a subject, predicate, verb, or isn't a complete thought. A phrase can have a subject and a predicate but isn't a complete thought so its not a complete sentence.