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    Fragments, Run-Ons,

    and Comma Splices


    Powered by the Writing Center
    What is a sentence?
    › a group of words expressing a complete
    thought
    › consists of:
    › a subject (tells whom or what the sentence is
    about)
    › a predicate (tells what the subject does or did)
    › Examples:
    › My classmates feel tired today.

    subject predicate
    › Working full-time while going to school is difficult.
    subject predicate
    What is a fragment?
    #1
    a group of words that does not express a complete
    thought because it is usually missing a subject or a
    predicate

    Examples:
     The places available in Cougar Courses. (missing
    verb)
     Cared for his younger siblings. (missing subject)
    What is a fragment?
    #2

    a dependent clause ( has a subject & a verb but can’t
    stand alone)

    May begin with subordinate conjunctions (whenever,
    because, since, until, although, even if, etc.)

    May be a part of sentence ( in complete sentence,
    missing the subject or the verb)


    Examples:

    Because I said so

    Although you’re wrong

    Since you’ve already made your mind up

    Even though I don’t agree

    Whenever you’re ready…

    As soon as we finish the test.
    What is a fragment?
    #3
    Prepositional phrases:

    By a stroke of luck…

    In addition to being a dinosaur
    wrangler...

    Participial phrases:

    Women working in the computer
    science field...

    Repeatedly working until midnight,
    (John became ill).
    Fixing sentence fragments 1
     Pull/ attach the fragment into a nearby
    sentence.
    Examples:

    On that morning I sat in my usual spot. On the old wooden


    chair in the corner of my grandmother’s kitchen.
    On that morning I sat in my usual spot, on the old wooden
    chair in the corner of my grandmother’s kitchen.

    Normally the payment consists of cattle and sheep. Because


    money has little value to these isolated people.
    Normally the payment consists of cattle and sheep because
    money has little value to these isolated people.
    Fixing sentence fragments 2
     Turn the fragment into a sentence.
    Examples:

    The pilots ejected from the burning plane, landing in the


    water not far from the ship. And immediately popped their
    flares and life vests. They

    Pollution and uncontrolled development are taking a deadly


    effect on the environment. So that in many parts of the
    world, fragile ecosystems are collapsing. In
    What is a run-on?
    Fusing two sentences into one without any
    conjunction and punctuation mark.
    Gestures are a means of communication for everyone
    they are essential for the hearing-impaired.
    Connecting two or more independent sentences
    by a comma without a coordinating conjunction
    (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet).
    Comma
    Gestures are a means of communication for everyone,
    splice
    they are essential for the hearing-impaired.

    Both examples above are grammatically incorrect.


    Comma splices Out in the
    World
    4 fixes for run-on sentences

    Use a comma+ a coordinating conjunction


    (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet).
    Gestures are a means of communication for
    everyone, but they are essential for the hearing-
    impaired.
    4 fixes for run-on sentences

    Use a semicolon (+ transitional


    expression)
    Gestures are a means of communication for
    everyone; (however,) they are essential for the
    hearing-impaired.
    4 fixes for run-on sentences

    Make the clauses into separate sentences.


    Gestures are a means of communication for
    everyone. they are essential for the hearing-
    impaired. They

    Simply add a period after the end of the


    first sentence, and make sure you
    capitalize the first letter of the following
    sentence.
    4 fixes for run-on sentences

    Restructure the sentence.


    Gestures are a means of communication for
    everyone they are essential for the hearing-
    impaired.
    Although gestures are a means of
    communication for everyone, they are essential
    for the hearing-impaired.

    Use a subordinating conjunction to turn it into a


    complex sentence.

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