said that "She’d heard something like that." __True __False Part II: Multiple Choice In the following sentences‚ identify if the word grouping contains sentence fragments‚ a comma splice‚ or a run-on sentence‚ or if the grouping is a complete sentence. Cats‚ unlike dogs and fond of sitting on laps. __ Sentence fragment __ Comma splice __ Run-on sentence __ Complete sentence (contains no error) I don’t know what you want
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Selected Answer: b. Remove the comma after people Answers: a. Remove the comma after lifeguards b. Remove the comma after people c. Remove the comma after people and the comma after swim d. Remove the comma after swim and add a comma after well Question 2 "I don’t like to see people who are in positions of power being mean to those around them‚" said Jerry Dunn a chemical engineer. Selected Answer: d. Add a comma after Dunn Answers: a. Add a comma after people b. Add commas after people and after power
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Correcting Sentence Errors The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will communicate effectively. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Self-Checked Activities 1. Repairing Sentence Fragments a. Look at the following examples of phrases. How could each of these phrases become
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Exercise Central 13. Run-on sentences and comma splices Total Score: 10 out of 10‚ 100% ________________________________________ 1 ________________________________________ 1. Not everyone has to travel to get to work in fact more and more people are working from home. comma splice correct run-on sentence 1 out of 1 Correct. ________________________________________ 2. For a long time‚ having a good job meant having to commute the only people who worked at their houses were
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With a history dating back to the mid 80s‚ the Cherokee Survivors Motorcycle Rally & Concert carries on a southern biking tradition. Held twice a year at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds (formerly Ceremonial Grounds) in Cherokee‚ North Carolina‚ this event draws bikers from all over the United States. Situated on the Cherokee Indian Reservation‚ the event is only minutes away from the Great Smokey Mountains National Park‚ Blue Ridge Parkway‚ Cherohala Parkway‚ and the dragon’s lair at Deals
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Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices Two very common errors among writers are run-on sentences and comma splices. Amazingly‚ both of these errors are caused by not knowing what a sentence is. A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and verb (also known as a clause) that expresses a complete thought. A sentence can also be called an independent clause: clause because it contains a subject and a verb‚ and independent because it can stand alone. Let’s look at some examples of this type
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Use of articles (1) Conditional sentences Use of conjunctions Modal verbs Use of adjectives and adverbs Show all Punctuation 1 issue Punctuation within a clause (1) Closing punctuation Punctuation between clauses Runon sentences and comma splices Special character punctuation Sentence Structure Sentence fragment Faulty parallelism Word order Style Check 3 issues Usage of colloquial speech (2) Wordiness (1)
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clauses together with "ands" and "buts" results in the infamous Answer Selected Answer: c. Run on sentence . Question 2 .2 out of 2 points Correct When two independent clauses are glued together with nothing more than comma the result is a Answer comma splice. . Question 3 .2 out of 2 points Correct An dependent clause masquerading as s sentence is known as a Answer CorrectAnswer: a. fragment. . Question 4 .2 out of 2 points Correct When the elements of
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something like that." __True __False Part II: Multiple Choice In the following sentences‚ identify if the word grouping contains sentence fragments‚ a comma splice‚ or a run-on sentence‚ or if the grouping is a complete sentence. 10. Cats‚ unlike dogs and fond of sitting on laps. __ Sentence fragment __ Comma splice __ Run-on sentence __ Complete sentence (contains no error) 11. I don’t know what you want me to do‚ the directions are not
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Faulty Idioms People don’t worry overtheir futures; they worry about their futures. One thing is not different thananother thing; one thing is different fromanother thing. Connor does not excel withlacrosse; he excels in lacrosse. After waiting on line‚ visitors do not walk in the museum‚ they walk into the museum. Jenna has a sweet tooth; she doesn’t have a preoccupation ondark chocolate‚ she has a preoccupation withdark chocolate. You might think that beingraised in an English-speaking home
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