Complete sentences: focus on compete, fragment and run on

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence expresses a complete thought and has at least a subject and a verb.

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What is a fragment?

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A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is not a complete sentence.

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions.

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Example of a complete sentence:

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The dog barked loudly.

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Example of a fragment:

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Running down the street.

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Example of a run-on sentence:

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I love to read I go to the library every week.

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What punctuation can fix a run-on sentence?

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A period, semicolon, or a conjunction can fix a run-on sentence.

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How can you identify a fragment?

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A fragment often starts with a capital letter but does not have a complete thought.

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What is the subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is the verb in a sentence?

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The verb is the action word in the sentence that tells what the subject is doing.