... Sentences
Writing sentence fragments is a serious error. Writing run-on sentences is an equally
serious error.
Question:
What is a run-on sentence?
Answer:
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences ... troubling sentence fragments and run-on sentences. The following
two exercises offer some more practice on what we have learned.
EXERCISE 15.
Eliminate all sentence fragments. Correct the run-on sentences. ... Sentences
As we learned in Part One (pages 105–107), two or more simple sentences can be
combined to form a compound sentence.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
: Dogs show affection for their owners.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
:...
... wasn't very interesting.
A. The sentence pattern is used to express the nature or the characteristics of N. (Example 1)
B. This sentence pattern indicates a condition or the state ... (Examples 1~7)
C. This sentence pattern is used for stating the sequence of actions. In this case, the agent of
the two actions should be the same person. (Examples 1,2,3,4)
D. This sentence pattern ... gave explanations after drawing a map.
A. This sentence pattern indicates that V1 happens before V2. (Examples 1~6)
B. This sentence pattern is used for clearly stating sequential relation...
...
adverb. English- English dictionaries give examples of the correct use
of each word, which is not likely to be found in a Spanish -English
dictionary. Teachers believe that by using English- English ... saying that they
felt English learning was easier when they used Spanish to support it.
24 out of 24 students had the same opinion about the use of Spanish-
English and English- English dictionaries. ... that their use of Spanish-
English dictionaries was the source they used rather than looking for
synonyms in an English- English dictionary. They also said that Spanish-
English dictionaries gave...
... informally might be
stated as follows:
(5) a sentence can be made up of (at least) words and sentences
This rule defines sentences in terms of sentences and so the definition refers to what ... states that a sentence can be made up of a sequence of
words and a sequence of sentences.
At the moment, this is not a particularly accurate rule as it is not the case that
English sentences are ... Foundations: Structure
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(3) sentence
Kate claimed
Geoff jeopardised the expedition
If it is grammatical for one sentence to contain another, then it follows that the
contained sentence...