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Sentences. By Angelina Yates & Rebecca Argot. Sentences. Subject verb agreement Correct parallel structure Subject, predicate. Correct sentence: John felt nervous before his speech. Fragment: Thought about leaving the room. Correct Sentences: He is strong and competitive.

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  1. Sentences By Angelina Yates & Rebecca Argot

  2. Sentences • Subject verb agreement • Correct parallel structure • Subject, predicate. • Correct sentence: John felt nervous before his speech. • Fragment: Thought about leaving the room. • Correct Sentences: He is strong and competitive. • Incorrect: He is strong and a tough competitor.

  3. Fragments • Fragments are incomplete sentences such as : • Went to the store. • Who went to the store? A sentence needs a subject. • Brian went to the store. • Brian is the subject. That is a correct sentence.

  4. Run On • A run on is two complete sentences that are not correctly joined together with punctuation. • John is a musician, he plays guitar for a living. • John is a musician. (that is one sentence) He plays for a living. (that is another sentence) • Both sentences should be separated with punctuation such as a period. • John is a musician. He plays guitar for a living.

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