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Sentence Corrections

Recognizing flaws in sentences and editing appropriately

Day 1Slide2

Please correct this sentence.

Until April 8 1974 Babe Ruth held the American record for home runs he held the record for bases on balls until April 26 2001.Slide3

What’s wrong with the previous sentence?

It is one of the four common sentence errors:

Fragment

Run-on

Comma Splice

Ramble-onSlide4

Common Sentences Errors

Fragment

Does not tell a complete thought

Ex.

Alpine and continental glaciers.

Ramble On

Is

correct grammatically

but

contains

unnecessary words and phrases or includes to many ideas.

Ex.

You may be surprised to learn that, like alpine glaciers, continental glaciers, which cover large areas that are often basically just open ocean, are frozen fresh water because they are made by snow falling from above instead of sea water freezing from below.Slide5

Common Sentences Errors

Fragment

Does not tell a complete thought

Ex.

Alpine and continental glaciers.

Ramble On

Is

correct grammatically

but

contains

unnecessary words and phrases or

includes

too

many ideas.

Simple Sentence

You may be surprised to learn that, like alpine glaciers,

continental glaciers

, which cover large areas that are often basically just open ocean,

are frozen fresh water

because they are made by snow falling from above instead of sea water freezing from below.Slide6

Common Sentences Errors

Fragment

Does not tell a complete thought

Ex.

Alpine and continental glaciers.

Ramble On

Is

correct grammatically

but

contains

unnecessary words and phrases or includes to many ideas.

Introductory phrase

hence the comma

You may be surprised to learn that,

like alpine glaciers, continental glaciers, which cover large areas that are often basically just open ocean, are frozen fresh water because they are made by snow falling from above instead of sea water freezing from below.Slide7

Common Sentences Errors

Fragment

Does not tell a complete thought

Ex.

Alpine and continental glaciers.

Ramble On

Is

correct grammatically

but

contains

unnecessary words and phrases or includes to many ideas.

Nonrestrictive Phrase

adds detail but not require for sentence to make sense.

You may be surprised to learn that,

like

alpine glaciers,

continental glaciers,

which

cover large areas

that

are often basically just open ocean

, are frozen fresh water because they are made by snow falling from above instead of sea water freezing from below.Slide8

Common Sentences Errors

Fragment

Does not tell a complete thought

Ex.

Alpine and continental glaciers.

Ramble On

Is

correct grammatically

but

contains

unnecessary words and phrases or includes to many ideas.

Subordinating Conjunction Clause

establishes the relationship between the

dependent clause

and the rest of the sentence.

You may be surprised to learn that, like alpine glaciers, continental glaciers, which cover large areas that are often basically just open ocean, are frozen fresh water

because

they are made by snow falling from above instead of sea water freezing from below.Slide9

Common Sentences Errors

Run-on

I

s a compound sentence that is missing a comma and a conjunction.

Ex.- During colder eras, these glaciers expanded they spread over the Antarctic and Arctic regions like pancake batter.

Comma Splice

Is a run-on sentence that has a comma but is missing a conjunction.

Ex. – Alpine, or mountain, glaciers occur in high, cold mountain valleys, over time these glaciers slowly slide down the mountains.Slide10

Common Sentences Errors

Run-on

I

s a compound sentence that is missing a comma and a conjunction.

Ex.- During colder eras, these glaciers

expanded

, and

they

spread over the Antarctic and Arctic regions like pancake batter.

Comma Splice

Is a run-on sentence that has a comma but is missing a conjunction.

Ex. – Alpine, or mountain, glaciers occur in high, cold mountain

valleys,

and

over

time these glaciers slowly slide down the mountains.Slide11

Now back to our sentence

Which sentence error is it?

Until April 8 1974 Babe Ruth held the American record for home runs he held the record for bases on balls until April 26 2001.Slide12

Now back to our sentence

Which sentence error is it

?

RUN-ON

Until April 8 1974 Babe Ruth held the American record for home runs he held the record for bases on balls until April 26 2001.Slide13

Now back to our sentence

How to correct

Until April 8 1974 Babe Ruth held the American record for home

runs

, and

he

held the record for bases on balls until April 26 2001.Slide14

Now back to our sentence

How to correct it

Until April 8 1974 Babe Ruth held the American record for home

runs

.

H

e

held the record for bases on balls until April 26 2001.Slide15

Now back to our sentence

Commas?

Until April

81974

Babe Ruth held the American record for home runs he held the record for bases on balls until April

26

2001

.Slide16

Now back to our sentence

Commas?

Until April 8

,

1974

,

Babe Ruth held the American record for home runs he held the record for bases on balls until April 26

,

2001

.Slide17

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