17 Oct “ Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”—Mark Twain

Bellwork—Grammar Time 10/17/2012  Read through the Blue “Kinds of Sentences and Their Punctuation” Handout

Identify Type of Sentence 1. I went to the grocery store and the library. 2. I went to the grocery store, and then I went to the library. 3. My husband, who was at home, called; he asked me to buy ice cream. 4. Sarah and Elizabeth loved this idea. 5. I had two choices: chocolate chip or vanilla. 6. Because I didn’t want the ice cream to melt, I skipped going to the library and drove straight home.

Sentence Errors—Sentence Fragment  Sentence Fragment—Incomplete sentence.  Example: At the end of the school year. I had to make a difficult choice about my future. Fix—Wants to be a complex sentence: At the end of the school year, I had to make a difficult choice about my future.

Sentence Errors—Comma Splice  Comma Splice—Two independent clauses joined by only a comma.  Example: There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others, it’s dead silent. Fix—Wants to be a compound sentence; needs a linking word or different punctuation. There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others; it’s dead silent. There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others : it’s dead silent. There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others — dead silence.

Sentence Errors—Run On Sentences  Run-On Sentences—Two or more sentences smushed together with no punctuation.  Example: I went to dance practice I had to do my homework and eat dinner and I went to bed. Fix—Combine into one complex sentence After dance practice, I had to do my homework, eat dinner, and go to bed. Fix—Separate out into two sentences with punctuation. I went to dance practice. Then, I had to do my homework, eat dinner and go to bed.