Sentence Structure: Fragments & Run-ons

Example

• • A complete sentence needs an independent clause.
• • A fragment is missing a complete independent idea.
• • A run-on joins independent clauses without correct punctuation/conjunction.
• • A comma splice joins two independent clauses with only a comma.
• • Reliable fixes: period, semicolon, or comma + coordinating conjunction.

الجملة الكاملة تحتاج إلى فكرة مستقلة. الجملة الناقصة لا تعطي معنى كاملاً، أما run-on فتجمع جملتين مستقلتين بطريقة غير صحيحة. يمكن التصحيح باستخدام نقطة، فاصلة منقوطة، أو فاصلة مع and / but / so.

Examples

• • Incorrect: Because the report was incomplete. → Correct: Because the report was incomplete, the team revised it.
• • Incorrect: The deadline was approaching everyone worked late. → Correct: The deadline was approaching, so everyone worked late.
• • Incorrect: The results were promising, the researchers continued the study. → Correct: The results were promising; the researchers continued the study.

Practice

Quick check

1. 1. Choose the best correction: "The meeting ended everyone returned to work." A. The meeting ended, everyone returned to work. B. The meeting ended; everyone returned to work. C. The meeting, ended everyone returned to work. D. The meeting ended because, everyone returned to work.