A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. To avoid writing sentence fragments, make sure each sentence has a subject and predicate and expresses a complete thought.

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Fragment: The fruit tart.

The fruit tart tasted sweet and delicious.

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Fragment: Cub playing.

The cub was playing with the mother bear.

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Fragment: The tall tree.

The tall tree is high above the forest ground.

A run on sentence is a sentence with two different thoughts. To avoid writing run on sentences, be sure to join two complete sentences with a comma and a linking word.

You may also write them as two separate sentences.

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Run on: We ran and played on the field it was sunny.

We ran and played on the field. It was sunny.

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Run on: Don't kick the ball in the house it's too dangerous.

Don't kick the ball in the house. It's too dangerous.

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Run on: The children on the ride screamed loudly it hurt my ears.

The children on the ride screamed loudly and it hurt my ears.

Exercises

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