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Avoiding Faulty sentences :star: - Coggle Diagram
Avoiding Faulty sentences
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Run-on sentences
By adding a period and capital letter
We got some gas. Then we headed off to Omaha
.
By adding a comma and a conjunction
( and,but,,for,yet,so)
*We got some gas,and then we headedoff to Omaha
.
Sentence fragments
Missing subject
Missing verb
Missing predicate
Incomplete though
Dependent clauses
Shows no improvement in any of the vital signs.
The patient
shows no improvement in any of the vital signs
Comma splices
Special type of run-on sentence in
Sue heads the search commite
, and
Kev is the recorder
Sue heads the search commite
;
Kev is the recorder.
Correct
Sue heads the search commite, Kev is the recorder.
WRONG
semicolon-comma
Conjuntion after the comma
Complete sentences**
Independent clauses
More than one verb
Melany
drafted
a memo and
sent
it to the sales department.
Have more tha one subject
Ana
and
Tony
are the chief operators in department
Its has asubject
Expresses a complete though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgiJs4OoaMA
Scientific article
https://owl.excelsior.edu/grammar-essentials/common-errors/common-errors-faulty-sentence-structure/
