Sentence Structure

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What is a sentence?

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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. It typically contains a subject and a predicate.

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What is the subject of a sentence?

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The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.

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What is the predicate of a sentence?

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The predicate of a sentence tells what the subject does or is. It includes the verb and any objects or modifiers.

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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 conjunction.

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What is a compound sentence?

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A compound sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

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What is a complex sentence?

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A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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What is a dependent clause?

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A dependent clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

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What is subject-verb agreement?

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Subject-verb agreement means that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural).