ENG 11 Grammar Unit 20 Review: Effective Sentences

Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

The Amish have maintained a conservative, agricultural way of life.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

Despite the influences of modern society.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

A North American Protestant group of Mennonite origin.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

The name Amish is derived from Jakob Ammon, a Swiss Mennonite Bishop, he insisted that strict discipline be maintained by excommunicating those who broke the rules.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

This entailed the avoidance by the faithful.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

Of those excommunicated.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

The Amish were subject to persecution in Europe, therefore, they migrated in the 1700's to Pennsylvania.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

Their descendants are called the Pennsylvania Dutch they spread into Ohio and Canada.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

As a group of people who care about the land, their ability to raise different types of crops is impressive.

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Exercise 1: Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

Correctly identify the following.

The Amish ride in horse-drawn carriages.

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