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2. CHAPTER 19: AVOIDING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
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3. CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter, you will learn to:
 recognize and correct sentence fragments.
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4. AVOIDING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
 A sentence fragment is a group of words that looks
like a sentence, is punctuated like a sentence, but is
not a sentence.
 INFO BOX: Two Steps in Recognizing Sentence
Fragments
 Recognizing Fragments: Step 1
 Check each group of words punctuated like a
sentence, looking for a subject and a verb.
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5. AVOIDING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
 Recognizing Fragments: Step 2
 If you find a subject and a verb, check that the
group of words makes a complete statement.
 Beware of dependent clauses and dependent
clause fragments.
 Correcting Fragments
1. Check for a subject and a verb. If a group of
words is a fragment because it lacks a subject
or verb, or both, add what is missing.
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6. AVOIDING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
2. If you find a subject and a verb, check that the
group of words makes a complete statement.
To correct the fragment, you can turn a
dependent clause into an independent one by
removing the subordinating conjunction, or you
can add an independent clause to the
dependent one to create a sentence.
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7. WHAT IS A SENTENCE FRAGMENT?
A. The basic building block of an essay.
B. A sentence that summarizes the details.
C. Independent clauses that have not been joined
correctly.
D. A group of words that looks like a sentence, is
punctuated like a sentence, but is not a sentence.
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8. WHAT IS A SENTENCE FRAGMENT?
A. The basic building block of an essay.
B. A sentence that summarizes the details.
C. Independent clauses that have not been joined
correctly.
D. A group of words that looks like a sentence, is
punctuated like a sentence, but is not a sentence.
recognize and correct sentence fragments.
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9. LOOK AT THE GROUP OF WORDS BELOW.
IS IT A SENTENCE OR A FRAGMENT?
Whenever I hear a certain song on the radio
A. sentence
B. fragment
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10. LOOK AT THE GROUP OF WORDS BELOW.
IS IT A SENTENCE OR A FRAGMENT?
Whenever I hear a certain song on the radio
A. sentence
B. fragment
recognize and correct sentence fragments.
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11. LOOK AT THE GROUP OF WORDS BELOW.
IS IT A SENTENCE OR A FRAGMENT?
This homework assignment is taking a long time.
A. sentence
B. fragment
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12. LOOK AT THE GROUP OF WORDS BELOW.
IS IT A SENTENCE OR A FRAGMENT?
This homework assignment is taking a long time.
A. sentence
B. fragment
recognize and correct sentence fragments.
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