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Sentences, Fragments and Run-Ons

Sentences, Fragments and Run-Ons. What is a sentence?. Duh, that’s easy. Well, it’s a . . . well, you know . . . um . . . That’s a tough one . A sentence is a group of words that: 1. Expresses a complete idea . 2. Contains at least a subject and a verb . Subject.

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Sentences, Fragments and Run-Ons

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  1. Sentences, Fragments and Run-Ons

  2. What is a sentence? Duh, that’s easy. Well, it’s a . . . well, you know . . . um . . . That’s a tough one. A sentence is a group of words that: 1. Expresses a complete idea. 2. Contains at least a subject and a verb.

  3. Subject When most people hear the term subject, they think of the topic or what something is about, but that’s not how it is in grammar. • The subject is who or whatis doing the action in a sentence. • The subject is the person, place or thing (noun) that controls whatever is being done or is happening (verb). • The subject answers the question who/what did it or who/what is it?  The cat slept.

  4. Fragments A fragment is a group of words that either: 1. Doesn’t have a subject 2. Doesn’t have a verb 3. Or isn’t a complete idea

  5. Run-On Sentences A run on sentence is a group of words that is: 1. Ungrammatical 2. And has more than one complete idea (has more than one independent clause) I like chicken I eat it all the time. (run-on) I like chicken. I eat it all the time. I like chicken; I eat it all the time. I like chicken, and I eat it all the time.

  6. How do you know if it’s a complete sentence? Test #1 Can you turn it into a yes/no question? I eat chicken  Do you eat chicken? Test #2 Can you make it into a question by adding a tag word? I eat chicken  You eat chicken, don’t you?

  7. Putting it all in perspective . . . Too little Just right Too much fragmentRUN-ON Complete Sentence

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