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English teachers around the world cringe when they come across fragments and run-ons in papers. A handout on these poor imitations of sentences helps bring relief by reviewing the basics of sentence construction and by offering strategies to identify and fix them. A wealth of examples help clarify ways to avoid these common pitfalls in writing.
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Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
- Pull out examples from pieces written in class and work in pairs to correct them
- Purposely write a paper using fragments and run-ons and see if scholars catch them
Classroom Considerations
- Assumes learners recognize a subject and predicate
Pros
- Fully explains each negative example to help point out the problem
- Lists specific solutions to fix the different ways these errors occur in a paper
Cons
- Could use more bold text or headers to make it easier to scan for specific pieces of advice