Sentence Fragments

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What is a sentence fragment?

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

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and includes a subject and a verb.

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Example of a sentence fragment:

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The best birthday party ever.

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Example of a complete sentence:

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I have four friends who live in Florida.

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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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Example of a run-on sentence:

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That was easy to fix they walked up the trail.

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How can you fix a run-on sentence?

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You can fix a run-on sentence by adding a period, a semicolon, or a conjunction.

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What punctuation can separate two independent clauses?

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A semicolon (;) or a comma followed by a conjunction (and, but, or, etc.).

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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 the sentence is about.

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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 and includes the verb.