Working on complete sentences SUBJECT/PREDICATE

 Tells who or what the sentence is about  Often a noun or pronoun  Can be singular or compound  Examples:  John went to the store.  John and Stacy went to the store.  She went to the store.  They went to the store. SUBJECT

 Includes the verb and tells:  What a subject is doing  States what is being done to the subject  Expresses a state of being  The verb may be singular or compound  Examples:  She swam in the ocean.  She swam and played in the ocean. PREDICATE

 Does not express a complete  Missing a subject and a predicate  Examples:  Enjoyed the movie. (No subject)  Speaking of the movies, Joe, Lucy, and I. (No predicate)  Although I enjoyed the movie. (Dependent clause)  Fixing Fragments : Add the missing component to make a complete sentence  I enjoyed the movie.  Speaking of movies, Joe, Lucy, and I saw Quakes yesterday.  Although I enjoyed the movie, I prefer romantic comedies. FRAGMENTS

 Occurs when a writer places a comma between two or more independent clauses in a compound sentence  Example:  Bobbie likes school, he loves English class.  Fixing Comma Splices:  Bobbie likes school. He loves English class. (period)  Bobbie likes school, and he loves English class. (comma and coordinating conjunction)  Bobbie likes school; he loves English class. (semicolon)  Bobbie likes school; however, he really loves English class. (semicolon, conjunctive verb, and comma) COMMA SPLICES

 Occurs when a writer places no punctuation between independent clauses  Example: Bobbie likes movies John likes vacations.  To Fix:  Bobbie likes movies. John likes vacations. (period)  Bobbie likes movies, and John likes vacations. (comma/coordinating conjunction)  Bobbie likes movies; John likes vacations. (semicolon)  Bobbie likes movies; however, John likes vacations. (semicolon, conjunctive adverb, and comma) RUN-ON SENTENCES