Identifying Sentence Errors

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Identifying Sentence Errors

• Thursday January 11, 2008

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The terrors of writing!!

• When students write sentences they often fall
  into the deadly traps of fragments and run-ons!
• Today we will the solutions to these scary
  mistakes!

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Fragment

• A fragment is not a whole sentence because it is
  missing either a subject or a verb.

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Fragment Examples

• Fragment -gtSlipping down the muddy bank and
  plopping into the river.
• Who slipped down the bank? Whats going on?

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How to Fix

• Put the missing subject or predicate so that the
  sentence makes sense!
• The big bear slipped down the muddy river.

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Run-ons

• A run-on sentence is really two or more sentences
  that run together without proper punctuation.
• Example It may rain today take your umbrella.

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How to Fix

• You may either join the sentences with a comma or
  conjunction.
• Or
• You may make two separate sentences
• Example It may rain today, so take your
  umbrella.
• Example It may rain today. Take your umbrella.

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You TRY
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The END