Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat writing essentials 10', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE SECTION Incorrect Sentence Boundaries A complete sentence requires a noun and verb and expresses a fully developed thought. The two most common mistakes at the sentence level are extremes. Sentence fragments stop too quickly they are phrases that are not whole thoughts. Run-on sentences don t stop soon enough they include two or more complete clauses or sentences. Sentence fragments are often missing a subject or verb and may be dependent clauses. They can also be phrases or parts of other sentences. Fragments are punctuated as sentences so they can sometimes be difficult to identify. Even though they don t express complete thoughts they can be long and appear to be correct. Here are a few examples Because she had to stop studying and go to lacrosse practice. Cried a lot. When we finished the game after the sun began setting. If you suspect a fragment look for the version choice b c d or e that expresses a complete thought. This might require adding a subject or a verb deleting a subordinating conjunction because while deleting a relative pronoun who that which or connecting a dependent clause to an independent clause. The fragments above can be corrected as follows She had to stop studying and go to lacrosse practice. Sheu Ling cried a lot. We finished the game after the sun began setting. Run-on sentences are made up of two or more independent clauses or complete sentences placed together into one sentence without proper punctuation. For example We were hungry and John was tired so we had to stop at the first rest area that we saw. Kim studied hard for the test that s why he got an A. Patty took flying lessons every Saturday so she couldn t go to the picnic and she couldn t go to the graduation party either but she has already signed up for another group of flying lessons because she likes it so much. If you suspect a run-on sentence determine if there are two independent ideas that can stand alone just because a sentence is long doesn t mean
