EXPRESS A COMPLETE THOUGHT A SENTENCE MUST: CONTAIN A SUBJECT CONTAIN A PREDICATE AND EXPRESS A COMPLETE THOUGHT

Which of these are complete sentences? When I go to the store He grabbed his backpack before running to catch the bus If you like ice cream and candy Johnny and Sally ate their dinners quickly

And the answers are… When I go to the store He grabbed his backpack before running to catch the bus. If you like ice cream and candy Johnny and Sally ate their dinners quickly.

Common Grammatical Errors Sentence Fragment – lacks a subject or predicate or is not a complete thought Run-on Sentence – comes in one of the two following forms: Comma Splice – two simple sentences joined ONLY by a comma (no FANBOYS) Fused Sentence – two simple sentences joined with NO punctuation.