Complete and Incomplete Sentences

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What is a complete sentence?

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

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What is an incomplete sentence?

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An incomplete sentence does not express a complete thought and may be missing a subject or a verb.

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence occurs when two or more complete sentences 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 an incomplete sentence.

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When I went to the store.

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Example of a run-on sentence.

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I love to read I have many books.

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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 an incomplete sentence?

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An incomplete sentence often leaves the reader asking 'What happened next?' or lacks a main idea.

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What is the subject of 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 of a sentence?

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