Hi Gurus,
Please explain the concept of SENTENCE FRAGEMENT and RUN-ON SENTENCE concept in details.
Please explain the concept of SENTENCE FRAGEMENT and RUN-ON SENTENCE concept in details.
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Amit
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Gurus please explain this concept in more details...
Source: Beat The GMAT — Sentence Correction |
A complete sentence must have a subject and a verb; a sentence fragment is a sentence that doesn't have both of those. Fragments can be very short or quite long; the only qualification is that they are missing one or both of those two necessary elements. A run-on sentence is one that has more than one independent clause (i.e., more than one subject and verb) without the proper connectors (e.g., a semicolon or a conjunction with a comma.) A common type of run-on sentence on the GMAT is the comma splice, in which two independent clauses are connected with only a comma.
Andrea ,grockit_andrea wrote:A complete sentence must have a subject and a verb; a sentence fragment is a sentence that doesn't have both of those. Fragments can be very short or quite long; the only qualification is that they are missing one or both of those two necessary elements. A run-on sentence is one that has more than one independent clause (i.e., more than one subject and verb) without the proper connectors (e.g., a semicolon or a conjunction with a comma.) A common type of run-on sentence on the GMAT is the comma splice, in which two independent clauses are connected with only a comma.
Thanks that things makes much clearer. Could you kindly give us examples of both that will help a lot. Thanks again, for the post above.
Thanks Andrea.grockit_andrea wrote:A complete sentence must have a subject and a verb; a sentence fragment is a sentence that doesn't have both of those. Fragments can be very short or quite long; the only qualification is that they are missing one or both of those two necessary elements. A run-on sentence is one that has more than one independent clause (i.e., more than one subject and verb) without the proper connectors (e.g., a semicolon or a conjunction with a comma.) A common type of run-on sentence on the GMAT is the comma splice, in which two independent clauses are connected with only a comma.
Please share some more GMAT types examples to show these concepts.
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Amit
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Thanks Andrea,grockit_andrea wrote:A complete sentence must have a subject and a verb; a sentence fragment is a sentence that doesn't have both of those. Fragments can be very short or quite long; the only qualification is that they are missing one or both of those two necessary elements. A run-on sentence is one that has more than one independent clause (i.e., more than one subject and verb) without the proper connectors (e.g., a semicolon or a conjunction with a comma.) A common type of run-on sentence on the GMAT is the comma splice, in which two independent clauses are connected with only a comma.
Could you also explain how is comma splice error different from run on sentence error?
Also if you could add eg for each of those, would be much appreciated.
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Sentence Fragment 1:
Because of the boy.
This is a sentence fragment because there's no verb, and "because of the boy" sounds like a modifying phrase. You are very unlikely to encounter a fragment this short on the GMAT.
Sentence fragment 2:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, which he had learned about from his great-grandfather, who had also been a model train collector.
This is a sentence fragment because it's nothing but a collection of phrases, with no subject or verb. We don't know what was "because of the boy," so the first phrase doesn't have a clear subject or any kind of verb; the second phrase modifies "model trains," and the third modifies "his great-grandfather." This is the kind of fragment you will be most likely to see on the GMAT.
Run-on Sentence 1:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum and they visited it on the first day of their trip.
This is a run-on sentence because it has two independent clauses connected by a conjunction but no comma. You could put a period after "museum," delete "and," and capitalize "they," and you would have 2 sentences. To correctly connect those sentences, you need either a semicolon or a comma with a conjunction.
Run-on Sentence 2:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum, they visited it on the first day of their trip.
This is a specific kind of run-on sentence called a comma splice, where two independent clauses are connected with only a comma. Again, these phrases could be split with a period after "museum," instead of a comma.
Correct Version of this Sentence 1:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum; they visited it on the first day of their trip.
A semicolon is one correct way to connect two related but independent clauses into a single sentence. This is common on the GMAT.
Correct Version of this Sentence 2:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum, and they visited it on the first day of their trip.
A second way to correctly connect the two independent clauses is with both a comma and a conjunction.
Hope this helps clarify!
Because of the boy.
This is a sentence fragment because there's no verb, and "because of the boy" sounds like a modifying phrase. You are very unlikely to encounter a fragment this short on the GMAT.
Sentence fragment 2:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, which he had learned about from his great-grandfather, who had also been a model train collector.
This is a sentence fragment because it's nothing but a collection of phrases, with no subject or verb. We don't know what was "because of the boy," so the first phrase doesn't have a clear subject or any kind of verb; the second phrase modifies "model trains," and the third modifies "his great-grandfather." This is the kind of fragment you will be most likely to see on the GMAT.
Run-on Sentence 1:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum and they visited it on the first day of their trip.
This is a run-on sentence because it has two independent clauses connected by a conjunction but no comma. You could put a period after "museum," delete "and," and capitalize "they," and you would have 2 sentences. To correctly connect those sentences, you need either a semicolon or a comma with a conjunction.
Run-on Sentence 2:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum, they visited it on the first day of their trip.
This is a specific kind of run-on sentence called a comma splice, where two independent clauses are connected with only a comma. Again, these phrases could be split with a period after "museum," instead of a comma.
Correct Version of this Sentence 1:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum; they visited it on the first day of their trip.
A semicolon is one correct way to connect two related but independent clauses into a single sentence. This is common on the GMAT.
Correct Version of this Sentence 2:
Because of the boy and his interest in model trains, the family vacationed in Ohio, where there was a model train museum, and they visited it on the first day of their trip.
A second way to correctly connect the two independent clauses is with both a comma and a conjunction.
Hope this helps clarify!
