Spotting and fixing incomplete and joined-together sentences. · about 11 minutes
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What is it? A complete sentence has a subject and a verb and makes sense on its own. A fragment is a piece of a sentence (*Because it was raining.*). A run-on is two sentences joined with no punctuation or joining word (*It was late we went home.*).
Why does it matter? Fixing fragments and run-ons is the quickest way to make your writing clear and correct.
Where do we use it? "It was late, so we went home." "When the bell rang, we left." "I like tea; I don't like coffee."
In this lesson you will:
