Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "My favorite history teacher."
It's missing a verb, so it's a fragment.
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Can you say an example of a fragment? Explain it.
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Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? "Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident."
This sentence has two independent clauses, so they need to be separated. "Judy leads a charmed life, she never seems to have a serious accident."
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What are fragments?
Fragments are incomplete sentences.
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Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "my friends Maria and Carla"
It’s a fragment. It isn’t a complete thought and we don’t have a verb.
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banana
Go to last place!
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fairy
Take points!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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thief
Give points!
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Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "I went apple picking with my friends Maria and Carla"
It's a complete sentence, in this sentences there are the subject, the verb and a complete thought
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lifesaver
Give 20 points!
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Take points!
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gift
Win 15 points!
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lifesaver
Give 15 points!
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trap
No points!
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magnet
Take 20 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 20 points!
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monster
Reset all scores!
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star
Double points!
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shark
Other team loses 20 points!
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baam
Lose 15 points!
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What are Run-on sentences?
A run-on sentence results from two or more complete sentences being connected without any punctuation.
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Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? "The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston."
There are two independent clauses connected with a conjunction. But they need to be separated by a comma.
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Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "When my mother married with my father."
It's a fragment! What happened when “my mother married my father?”
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Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? "He drove off in the Mercedes. Erica watched him go."
It's correct! This sentence could also be separeted by semicolon, a coordinating cunjuction and a comma, or the period.
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Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "Ran to the store faster than a rabbit"
This is a fragment, in this sentence there isn't a subject.
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Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "Can you give me your address?"