It is important fro us to know how to avoid these kind of sentence errors like sentence fragments, run-ons, misplaced and dangling errors.
Fragments are incomplete sentences that are presented as complete sentences.
Run-ons are two or more sentences that have have been incorrectly joined.
Dangling modifiers are misplaced parts of a sentence that usually end up causing confusion in readers.
Sentence fragments are another common error. A sentence fragment is a group of words, not a complete sentence. Remember that to be a complete sentence, a group of words must have a subject and verb and must express a complete idea. Thus a group of words must not depend on the sentence before it or after it to provide a complete idea.
Examples:
Ran to the car. (fragment that is lacking a subject).The woman at the bus stop. (lacking a main verb).
Behaving badly. (lacking a subject or a main verb).
Correcting fragments:
Created when phrases as subordinate clauses are punctuated as if they were complete sentences, fragments can be corrected by adding the information that is missing. To rectify fragments, add a subject to a sentence that is missing a subject, add a verb to a sentence that is missing a verb, and connect a subordinate clause to a main clause to create a complete sentence. The following examples are the previous fragments corrected to read as a complete sentences.
Incorrect: Ran to the car.
Correct: She ran to the car.
Incorrect: The woman at the bus stop.
Correct: The woman stood at the bus stop.
Incorrect: Behaving badly.
Correct: The students are behaving badly.
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