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Fragments & Run-on sentences

Building Effective sentences

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FRAGMENT:COMPLETE SENTENCE:

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All the kids run into the cafeteria they were probably hungry and thirsty. All the kids run into the cafeteria. They were probably hungry and thirsty.

is when two sentences run together without punctuation or a connecting word.

run-on sentence

Collects stuffed animals. My sister collects stuffed animals.

is an incomplete sentence that is missing a subject, a predicate, or both.

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Ana and Joe love chocolate ice-cream.Either the rice or the beans taste bad.

If the conjunction AND is used, the verb must be plural.If the conjunction OR is used,the verb must agree with the subject closest to it.

Compound subject:

My mother decorates the Christmas tree every holiday.My friends think that my work is great.

If you use a singular subject, you need to use a singular verb. If you use a plural subject, you need to use a plural verb.

Simple subject:

Subject-Verb Agreement.

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beach I swam in the ocean.

I went to the

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Helping people.

My brother Mario went hiking.

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