Learn English as a Second Language with Effective Revisions

Complete sentences are the goal of every writer and as noted in the last post, writers can get some great practice at www.languagecommunicator.com. Further information is available at info@languagecommunicator.com. The two errors most common are sentence fragments and run-on sentences. This post will focus on sentence fragments and hopefully writers will pay careful attention to their writing to eliminate these problems. Sentence fragments are punctuated as sentences with the visual signs – a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end. The sentence fragment usually has those visual signs and a subject and a verb. These errors are usually caused by the absence of one complete thought. Let’s look at some examples of sentence fragments. Although he loved his dog. In this group of words, there are the visual signs of a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end. There is a noun and a verb used as a subject and predicate. Unfortunately, this is not a complete sentence because it is not a complete thought. Something is missing. This is a perfect example of a subordinate clause punctuated as if it were a sentence. The writer needs to complete the thought with an independent clause. Although he loved his dog, he had to give it to his brother. Check your sentences to make sure you don’t have a dependent clause punctuated as a sentence.

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