English 6 - Fragments & Run-on

• Fragment - A incomplete sentence that does not have a subject and predicate.
• What can be seen in a Fragment?


  Incomplete sentence

  Subject & Predicate or verb
• Semicolons are used to join related ideas within the same sentence.
• Comma splice - Joining two independent clauses with only one comma, which creates confusion about whether they are related ideas.
• Run on Sentence - Two or more sentences joined together without punctuation marks to separate them.
• A fragment can also be an dependent clause.
• Run-on - Has a complete thought, it has a subject and a predicate.
• What can be seen in a Run-on?


  A complete thought

  subject & predicate

  Conjunction or Connectors
• The most common type of run-on is called a comma splice.
• Fragments - Incomplete thoughts that do not have a subject and/or a predicate.
• Correct Example of Fragment: The reason why we didn’t go out last night was because the weather was bad.
• Incorrect Example of Fragment: Because the weather was bad we didn’t go out last night.
• Comma splices occur when two independent clauses (thoughts) are connected by only a comma.
• Fragments may contain a subject but lack a verb.
• Incorrectly used conjunctions are the main cause of fragments.
• Fragment is an incomplete idea that does not express a full meaning by itself.
• Run-On Sentence - Complete thought with a subject and a predicate but no punctuation to separate them
• To correct a comma splice, use a period to separate the sentences or join them with a coordinating conjunction like “and,” “but,” “so,” etc.
• Run-ons happen when two independent clauses (thoughts) are joined together without proper punctuation or a connector.
• The most common type of run-on error involves joining two independent clauses (two complete thoughts) with just a period instead of using a coordinating conjunction like "and," "but," or "or."
• A sentence fragment is an incomplete thought that does not express a full idea.
• To correct a sentence fragment, add a subject to make it a complete sentence.
• To correct a run-on sentence, use proper punctuation such as periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, parenthesis, quotation marks, question marks, exclamation points, and apostrophes.