BASIC COMMUNICATION

SKILLS

WEEK 15
AGENDA:
• Sentence Errors:
Fragments & Run-ons
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SENTENCE AND A
FRAGMENT
SENTENCE
A sentence must have a subject and a verb. Moreover, a sentence must also convey a complete thought.

• A subject is a person, place, or thing. It names who or what the sentence is about. The subject does
the action of the verb.

• A verb is either an action word that tells the reader what is happening or a state of being word (be,
am, is, are, was, were).
A sentence must have a subject and a verb. Moreover, a sentence must also convey a complete thought.

• We worked long hours at the polling booth.

• Ed and I checked and rechecked our answer.

• My brother bought some stamps yesterday, and he mounted them in his stamp collection.

• Our band, which won the trophy, will perform after the game is over.

• When I put the skates on, I was quite nervous, but I felt that I should at least try.
FRAGMENT
A FRAGMENT could be:

• PHRASE FRAGMENT
- it is missing either a subject or a verb or both and is not a complete thought.

(My favorite) (The Chief of Police) (a handful) (on the floor) (this green)

• DEPENDENT CLAUSE FRAGMENT

- it is introduced by a subordinating conjunction and needs to be paired with an independent clause

(since he left) (when I answered the call) (which won the trophy) (after the party)
FIXING A FRAGMENT
 Because he ran very fast.

Although he studied very hard.

Because he ran very fast. = FRAGMENT

Because he ran very fast, what happened?

Because he ran very fast, he won the race.

DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

Although he studied very hard. = FRAGMENT

Although he studied very hard, what happened?

Although he studied very hard, he did not pass the test.

DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

RUN-ON SENTENCE
A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are unintentionally capitalized
and punctuated as if they were one.
KINDS OF RUN-ONS
 FUSED SENTENCE

A fused sentence is consists of two or more sentences that are not separated or joined by any
punctuation at all.

Example:
The waves lashed the shore the beach houses were washed away.
 COMMA SPLICE

It is consists of two or more sentences separated only by commas instead of by commas and
conjunctions.

Example:
In the morning the house was cold, the sun soon warmed it up.
WAYS TO CORRECT RUN-ONS
 WITH END MARKS AND CAPITALS

RUN-ON SENTENCE

Elizabeth turned at the sudden noise a bird

had crashed into the picture window.
.
Elizabeth turned at the sudden noise A bird
had crashed into the picture window.
 WITH COMMAS AND CONJUNCTIONS

RUN-ON SENTENCE

I baked the cake this morning, I have not I baked the cake this morning, but I have
frosted it yet. not frosted it yet.
 BY REWRITING

RUN-ON SENTENCE

My aunt and cousins stayed with us for a

week. (Simple sentence with compound
My aunt stayed with us for a week, my subjects)
cousins came too.
When my aunt stayed with us for a week, my
cousins came too. (Complex sentence)
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