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Fragments
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Fragments
Fragments are incomplete sentences. Usually, fragments are pieces of sentences that have become disconnected from the main clause. One of the easiest ways to correct them is to remove the period between the fragment and the main clause. Other kinds of punctuation may be needed for the newly combined sentence. that have been left unattached to the main clause; they are written as main clauses but lack a subject or main verb.
Examples:
For Incomplete Sentences: Fragment: She needs to move schools. Because
she failed too many subjects Possible Revision: She needs to move schools because she failed too many subjects
Examples
For No Subjects: Fragment: By taking down notes and studying for
every test. Possible Revision: By taking down notes and studying for every test, she got a high grade for that subject.
Examples:
For No Main Verbs or Predicates: Fragment: A team that has passion
Possible Revision: A team that has passion will have a higher chance of winning the league.
Sources
purdue online. (2011, July 27). Retrieved June 20, 2012, from Purdue Online Web Site: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ owl/resource/620/1/
Run- On Sentences
Prepped by Myla Duana
sentence") has at least two parts, either one of which can stand by itself (in other words, two independent clauses), but the two parts have been smooshed together instead of being properly connected.
When two independent clauses are connected
Comma Splicing
a comma splice is the attempt to join
next to each other, you have only two choices: you can either join them, or you can separate them.
Comma Splicing
1. To join two independent clauses, you must use a coordinator. The coordinators are the correlatives and the coordinating conjunctions. 2. To separate two independent clauses, you must use some form of end-stop punctuation. Here are all of your possible choices: the period [.], the exclamation point [!], the question mark [?], and the semicolon [;].
Example:
Run-on sentences happen typically under the following
circumstances:
When an independent clause gives an order or
Example:
When two independent clauses are connected
colleges, however, he has sacrificed his health working day and night in that dusty bakery.
(Again, where that first comma appears, we could
Example:
When the second of two independent clauses
without a manual.
(Although these two clauses are quite brief, and the
ideas are closely related, this is a run-on sentence. We need a period where that comma now stands.)
Sources:
Blue, T. (2000, August 11). Retrieved June 20, 2012, from Grammar Tips Web Site: http:// grammartips.homestead.com/splice.html Houghton , H. M. (1999). Sentence sense: a writer. Retrieved from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/ grammar/runons.htm
Active Verbs
The actions of a subject are performed by
active verbs.
Active verbs are used when one wants to
sentence.
Active verbs are commonly used in
speeches
Comparison to Passive
Active voice- The voice in which the
Active: Performer::Passive:Receiver
Example:
1. We did not write on the wall. 2. My sister dropped my laptop. 3. I made the dinner yesterday night. Passive Comparison: 1. The writing on the wall was not written by us. 2. My laptop was dropped by my sister. 3. The dinner yesterday night was made by me.
Sources:
Jerz, D. G. (2011, April 04). Setonhill, Retrieved
from and-
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/grammarsyntax/active-and-passive-verbs/