{"id":3874,"date":"2020-09-09T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T22:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningcommons.twu.ca\/?page_id=3874"},"modified":"2024-08-28T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:57:49","slug":"quick-start-guide-sentence-fragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/learningcommons\/2020\/09\/09\/quick-start-guide-sentence-fragments\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentence Fragments"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3874\" class=\"elementor elementor-3874\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f84da1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f84da1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-073af90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"073af90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6e715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b6e715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Welcome!<\/h3><p><strong>Welcome to the Learning Commons Quick Start Guide on how to avoid sentence fragments!<\/strong><\/p><p>While an easy mistake to make, sentence fragments can harm reading comprehension and make your essay quality fall substantially. This Guide will explain:<\/p><ul><li>What sentence fragments are<\/li><li>How to fix sentence fragments<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b340dd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b340dd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4c18c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d4c18c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Course Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Course Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Beginner<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Time to Complete:\u00a0<\/strong>15 mins<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Perfect for:<\/strong>\u00a0Students in WRTG100\/101, ENGL103, or anyone who needs a refresher.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Guide Creator:<\/strong>\u00a0Alice Wu<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b692a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67b692a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uc.utoronto.ca\/sentence-fragments\">University of Toronto Handout<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/mechanics\/sentence_fragments.html\">Purdue OWL<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/blog\/mistake-of-the-month-sentence-fragments\/\">Grammarly<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ad560 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35ad560\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72fd7a4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72fd7a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d603d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d603d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Sentence Fragments 101<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d64103 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d64103\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24815c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24815c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d322d35 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d322d35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a53c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"66a53c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/xpoZBnXHg3E&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1f455 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a1f455\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ed9bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76ed9bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This video is a primer on what makes for a sentence fragment:<\/p><ul><li>Sentence fragments do not tell \u201cthe whole story\u201d<ul><li>Missing predicates<\/li><li>Missing subjects<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><em><strong>In this mini-course we explore this in more detail:<\/strong><\/em><\/p><ol><li>Independent clauses<\/li><li>Dependent clauses<\/li><li>Easy fixes<\/li><li>Wrap-up<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c11caf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c11caf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34462f7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"34462f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af5d034 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af5d034\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #000080\">Topic 1: Independent Clauses<\/span><\/h2><p>Independent clauses are a necessary part of any proper sentence. These clauses should contain a subject and a verb. Sometimes a verb will require an object as well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0089ceb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0089ceb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cc79c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cc79c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e7a91a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e7a91a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learningcommons.twu.ca\/quick-start-guide-sentence-fragments\/the-building-blocks-of-an-independent-sentence\/#1594830977288-d3bb344c-13ea\" data-vc-accordion=\"\" data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">Subjects<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Who and what the sentence is about. It is usually a noun or a pronoun.<\/p><ul><li>Noun: a person, place, thing, or idea.<\/li><li>Pronoun: Substitutes for nouns \u2013 he, she, it, I, you.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85253d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85253d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1281d93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1281d93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_tta-panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"vc_tta-panel-title vc_tta-controls-icon-position-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learningcommons.twu.ca\/quick-start-guide-sentence-fragments\/the-building-blocks-of-an-independent-sentence\/#1594916119918-471bf47f-6488\" data-vc-accordion=\"\" data-vc-container=\".vc_tta-container\"><span class=\"vc_tta-title-text\">Verbs and Objects<\/span><i class=\"vc_tta-controls-icon vc_tta-controls-icon-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vc_tta-panel-body\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><ul><li>Verb: What the subject of the sentence does or is. This can be an action verb or non-action verb.\u00a0<ul><li>Action verbs: Jump, shout, run, dance.\u00a0<\/li><li>Non-action verbs: am, is, are, was, were. Has, have.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Object: A person or thing affected by the action of the verb. Or, for the non-action verbs, it gives more information about the subject.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe3a46 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfe3a46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f073488 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f073488\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05ac0bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"05ac0bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe58561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe58561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"Info-table-wrap-3162\" class=\"ult_pricing_heading\"><h3 class=\"ult-responsive\" style=\"text-align: lef\" data-ultimate-target=\"#Info-table-wrap-3162 h3\" data-responsive-json-new=\"{&quot;font-size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;line-height&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">Using this chart can help us make sure our sentence is an independent clause:<\/h3><p>Notice that the subject or object part of the sentence can have more than one word.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Verb<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Object<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>John<\/p><p>My new dog<\/p><p>A good business strategy<\/p><p>My friend Jessica<\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bought<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is<\/span><\/p><p>doesn&#8217;t want<\/p><p>is<\/p><p>has<\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">textbooks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the one who told me about the job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>a bath.<\/p><p>extremely important.<\/p><p>a delicious bagel sandwich.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf81a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bf81a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8809c86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8809c86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Your Turn: Test Your Understanding<\/span><\/h5><p>Think you\u2019ve got a good grasp on what makes an independent clause? Test yourself!<\/p><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-52\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"52\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Independent clause identification\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5939b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5939b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2117075 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2117075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-022a95c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"022a95c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #000080\">Topic 2: Dependent Clauses<\/span><\/h2><p>The inverse of independent clauses, dependent clauses do not make sense by themselves and need to be \u201cpropped up\u201d by an independent clause to be grammatically correct.<\/p><div class=\" pg-custom-vc vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><ul><li>Dependent clause:<ul><li>A dependent clause is an incomplete sentence. It \u201cdepends\u201d on an independent clause.\u00a0<\/li><li>These are incomplete sentences because they are not complete thoughts. Since it is not a complete thought, it does not make sense on its own. To make it a complete thought and a complete sentence, we need to add more to the sentence, like those parts of speech we talked about in the last section: subjects, verbs, and objects.<\/li><li>It is important to remember that, if we do not change the dependent clause, it will need an independent clause to be correct.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\" pg-custom-vc vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h5>Examples<\/h5><p>The following two clauses are dependent:<\/p><ul><li>Because I forgot to buy my textbooks.\u00a0<\/li><li>When the textbooks arrived.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Here is what those clauses look like when they are corrected by adding an independent clause:<\/p><ul><li>Because I forgot to buy my textbooks, I was not able to complete my first assignment on time.\u00a0<\/li><li>I was finally able to start on my assignment\u00a0when the textbooks arrived.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>These are complete, grammatically correct sentences.<\/p><ul><li>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Now you are finally ready to read it: when they do not have an independent clause tied to them,\u00a0<strong>dependent clauses are fragments<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d0bb6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d0bb6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9c1d3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8c9c1d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6152a9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6152a9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #000080\">Topic 3: How to fix a Sentence Fragment<\/span><\/h2><p>As you could probably tell from the examples of dependent clauses\/sentence fragments on the previous page, sentence fragments do not make a lot of sense. The flip side of this difficulty is that sentence fragments are really easy to spot when you know what you are looking for (like you do now!)<\/p><p>But what can we do to fix these confusing clauses?<\/p><h5>Options for Fixing Sentence Fragments<\/h5><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Hover over the cards below to see options for revising sentence fragments.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc27feb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc27feb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7394644 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7394644\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e393be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e393be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f208f eael-flipbox-content-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-flip-box\" data-id=\"01f208f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-flip-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-container eael-animate-flip eael-animate-left eael-content eael-flip-box-hover eael-flipbox-fixed-height eael-flipbox-dynamic\">\n\n            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-flip-card\">\n                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-front-container\">\n                    \n                    \n                        <div class=\"eael-elements-slider-display-table\">\n                            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-vertical-align\">\n                                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-padding\">\n                                    <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-icon-image\">\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                    <h2 class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-heading\">If you want to keep the dependent clause dependent:<\/h2>                                    <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-content\">\n\t                                                                        <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-rear-container\">\n                                                                <div class=\"eael-elements-slider-display-table\">\n                            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-vertical-align\">\n                                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-padding\">\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-content\">\n                                        <h4 class=\"vc_custom_heading\">Attach the sentence fragment to a complete sentence that is close by<\/h4>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-753a56f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"753a56f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6652f82 eael-flipbox-content-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-flip-box\" data-id=\"6652f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-flip-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-container eael-animate-flip eael-animate-left eael-content eael-flip-box-hover eael-flipbox-fixed-height eael-flipbox-dynamic\">\n\n            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-flip-card\">\n                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-front-container\">\n                    \n                    \n                        <div class=\"eael-elements-slider-display-table\">\n                            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-vertical-align\">\n                                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-padding\">\n                                    <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-icon-image\">\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                    <h2 class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-heading\">If you want to change the clause from dependent to independent:<\/h2>                                    <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-content\">\n\t                                                                        <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-rear-container\">\n                                                                <div class=\"eael-elements-slider-display-table\">\n                            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-vertical-align\">\n                                <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-padding\">\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"eael-elements-flip-box-content\">\n                                        <h4 class=\"vc_custom_heading\">Add whatever part of speech the clause is missing (either subject, verb, or object)<\/h4>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9790a57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9790a57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Examples:<\/h5><ul><li>Incorrect: I was not able to complete my first assignment. Because I forgot to buy my textbook.<\/li><li><strong>Correct:<\/strong>\u00a0I was not able to complete my first assignment because I forgot to buy my textbook.<\/li><\/ul><p>In the above, the dependent clause \u201cBecause I forgot to buy my textbook\u201d is tied to the independent clause, making a proper sentence.<\/p><ul><li>Incorrect:\u00a0When the textbook arrived. (A subject and verb is missing!)\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Correct:<\/strong>\u00a0I was finally able to start on my assignment when the textbooks arrived.<\/li><\/ul><p>And in these two sentences, the dependent clause is made independent by adding a subject and a verb.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f69b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86f69b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a841507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a841507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Your Turn: Test Your Understanding<\/span><\/h5><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-49\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"49\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Fragment\/complete sentence identification\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-75\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"75\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Identify the missing element of the sentence that makes it a fragment.\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a2aca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30a2aca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40705cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40705cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"ui-provider ed bts axo axp axq axr axs axt axu axv axw axx axy axz aya ayb ayc ayd aye ayf btt btu ayi ayj ayk ayl aym ayn ayo ayp ayq ayr ays ayt ayu\" dir=\"ltr\">Now, return to the Learning Commons Resource Moodle and do the exit quiz to confirm your new knowledge!<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! 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