Sentence Errors

What is a sentence fragment?

• two or more independent clauses joined without the necessary punctuation

• two independent clauses "spliced" together with a comma but no coordinating conjunction

• an incomplete sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate or it doesn't complete a thought

• too many independent clauses

What is a run-on sentence?

• a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined together without the necessary punctuation

• a part of a sentence

• a sentence that doesn't have an independent clause

• a sentence with too many commas

What is a comma splice?

• a sentence without an independent clause

• a sentence in which two independent clauses are "spliced" together with a comma but without the necessary coordinating conjunction

• a part of a sentence

• a sentence with no punctuation

What type of sentence error is this?

The friendly giant ape and I became friends, we did everything together.

• run-on

• comma splice

• fragment

• no error

What type of sentence error is this?

Most giant hundred-foot apes are man-eaters but I met a friendly giant ape who doesn't eat humans.

• run-on

• comma splice

• fragment

• no error

What type of sentence error is this?

Smashing buildings and eating people's cars.

• run-on

• comma splice

• fragment

• no error

What type of sentence is this?

The police finally arrived, and they tried to capture the giant ape.

• run-on

• comma splice

• fragment

• correct

What type of sentence error is this?

Like the ancient Egyptians used to do.

• run-on

• comma spice

• fragment

• no error

What type of sentence error is this?

The pants fit perfectly, they were way too expensive.

• run-on

• comma splice

• fragment

• no error

What type of sentence error is this?

Hanging out at the mall is really boring I try to avoid doing that whenever I can.

• run-on

• comma splice

• fragment

• no error