WEEK 1 – The Sentence
A sentence is
– a
unit of words
– simple,
compound, complex, and compound-complex
– made
of a subject and a verb, and a complete thought
Subject
– The
simple subject is the singular noun or plural nouns that do the action of the
verb.
– The
complete subject is the simple subject with any modifiers.
Verb
– The
simple verb may consist of one word or a group of words. These are the action words of the sentence.
– The
complete subject is also called the predicate.
It contains modifiers, direct objects, and indirect objects.
Fragment
– A
fragment often looks like a sentence with a capital letter and an end
punctuation. However, it is missing
either a subject, a verb, or a complete thought.
Examples:
The Run-on
– A
Run-on sentence is two or more sentences improperly joined by wrong puncutaion,
no punctuation, or a conjunction that needs help from some kind of
punctuation.
– Correcting
a Run-on sentence
1. Make
two sentences.
2. Join
the two clauses by using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
3. Join
the two clauses with a semicolon.
4. Join
the two clauses with a semicolon and a connector with a comma (but not a
coordinating conjunction.
5. Subordinate
one of the clauses.
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