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Grammar Boot Camp: Obstacle Course: Fragments, Run-Ons, Comma Splices
Grammar Boot Camp: Obstacle Course: Fragments, Run-Ons, Comma Splices
Obstacle Course:
Fragments, Run-ons, Comma Splices
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Your Mission:
To Study Fragments
To Study Run-ons
To Study Comma Splices
To Exercise your Writing Muscles
Fragment: To do my best.
Correction: My grandfather taught me to
do my best.
Fragments
Added-Detail Fragment: Begins with “for
example,” “such as,” “especially,” and similar
transitions.
5. Use Subordination:
Run-on: The mother cat cleaned her
kittens they began to cry.
Comma Splice: The mother cat cleaned her
kittens, they began to cry.
Correction A: The mother cat cleaned her
kittens when they began to cry.
Correction B: When they began to cry, the mother
cat cleaned her kittens.
Exercise Your Muscles:
Identify whether the following items contain
either a fragment, run-on, or comma splice: