Fragments, Run ons Ramage Chapter 3

ENG 102
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Epic Rap Battles of History

How is this clip an example of a classical argument? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w2MTXBebg

Fragments
A sentence is a group of words that has three elements: Subject Verb And a Complete thought A fragment seems to be a complete sentence but it lacks either a Subject Verb Or a complete thought.

Fragments
What are the two basic ways to correct sentence fragments? Add what is missing (subject, verb, or both)
Attach fragment to sentence before or after it

Fragments
What are the five trouble spots that signal possible fragments? A word group that begins with a(n) Preposition

Spotting Fragments
A word group that begins with a preposition
I pounded as hard as I could. Against the door.

*correct by joining* I pounded as hard as I could against the door.

Spotting Fragments
What are the five trouble spots that signal possible fragments? A word group that begins with a(n) Preposition Dependent word

Spotting Fragments
A word group that begins with a dependent word
Since I moved. I have eaten out every day.
Common Dependent words: after, although, as/as if/ as though, because, before, how, once, since, that, unless, while, until, etc.

*Correct by joining*

Since moving, I have eaten out every day.

Spotting Fragments
What are the five trouble spots that signal possible fragments? A word group that begins with a(n) Preposition Dependent word -ing verb form

Spotting Fragments
A word group that begins with an -ing form verb
I ran as fast as I could. Hoping to get there on time.

*Correct by joining* I was running as fast as I could, hoping to get there on time. *correct by adding missing elements* I was running as fast as I could. I was still hoping to get there on time.

Spotting Fragments
What are the five trouble spots that signal possible fragments? A word group that begins with a(n) Preposition Dependent word -ing verb form to and a verb

Spotting Fragments
A word group that begins with to and a verb
Cheri got underneath the car. To change the oil.

*correct by joining* Cheri got underneath the car to change the oil. To change the oil, Cheri got underneath the car. *correct by adding elements* Cheri got underneath the car. She needed to change the oil.

Spotting Fragments
What are the five trouble spots that signal possible fragments? A word group that begins with a(n) Preposition Dependent word -ing verb form to and a verb an example or explanation

Spotting Fragments
Word groups that are examples or explanations
Freecycle.com recycles usable items. Such as clothing.

*correct by joining*
Freecycle.com recycles usable items such as clothing.

Ex. 3.1 Sentence Fragments

1. There are older and more valuable manuscripts. Than the Voynich. There are older and more valuable manuscripts than the Voynich. 2. However, there is none more mysterious. The Voynich still puzzling scholars many years after its discovery. However, there is none more mysterious. The Voynich is still puzzling scholars many years after its discovery.

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3. This manuscript was written in a code. So far unable to solve it. This manuscript was written in a code. So far no one has been able to solve it. 4. Because the origins of the manuscript are unclear; the puzzle is doubly difficult. Because the origins of the manuscript are unclear, the puzzle is doubly difficult.

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5. No one knows. What country it came from. No one knows what country it came from. 6. Therefore, it very hard to determine the language the code represents. This makes decoding it even more troublesome. Therefore, it is very hard to determine the language the code represents. This makes decoding it even more troublesome.

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7. Handwriting specialists can only guess at its age. It may date back to the Middle Ages. correct 8. The writing does not resemble. Any letters that can be traced to a known alphabet. The writing does not resemble any letters that can be traced to a known alphabet.

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9. The manuscript which contains many beautiful illustrations. Of plants, people, and other seemingly unrelated images. The manuscript contains many beautiful illustrations. It depicts plants, people, and other seemingly unrelated images.

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10. Because the Voynich manuscript is such an intriguing mystery. That some scholars might actually be disappointed to learn all of its secrets. The Voynich manuscript is such an intriguing mystery that some scholars might actually be disappointed to learn all of its secrets.

Run-ons

Run-Ons
1. Whats another name for a sentence? Independent clause 2. What term describes two complete sentences joined without any punctuation? Fused sentence All of us went to the movies Jack and Joan did not stay long.

Run-Ons
2. What term describes two complete sentences joined without any punctuation? Fused sentence All of us went to the movies Jack and Joan did not stay long. 3. What term describes two complete sentences joined by only a comma? Comma splice All of us went to the movies, Jack and Joan did not stay long.

Run-Ons
4. What are the five ways to correct run-ons? Add a period All of us went to the movies. Jack and Joan did not stay long. Add a semicolon All of us went to the movies; Jack and Joan did not stay long. Add a semicolon, a conjunctive adverb, and a comma All of us went to the movies; however, Jack and Joan did not stay long.

Run-Ons
4. What are the five ways to correct run-ons? Add a comma and a coordinating conjunction All of us went to the movies, but Jack and Joan did not stay long. Add a dependent word Although all of us went to the movies, Jack and Joan did not stay long.

Grammar Tasks
Week 3 Write three sentence fragments.

Write three comma-splice run-ons. Write three fused run-ons.