- Are the following examples sentences or fragments? If they are fragments,
correct them.
- Anne Adams, who turned 46 last month.
- Because she was the president of the local humane society.
- Having read the chapters and having completed the homework.
- Stop!
- Purdue offers many majors in engineering. Such as electrical,
chemical, and industrial engineering.
- The current policy on housing is unfair to working mothers. Which
is why we believe the proposed amendments should pass.
- Because I asked nicely, you should obey me.
- Toys of all kinds thrown everywhere.
- By paying too much attention to polls can make a political leader
unwilling to propose innovative policies.
- Correct the following run-on (includng sentences that use semicolons
in front of subordinate clauses) or comma splice sentences.
- Our galaxy has billions of planets only one is thought to have
intelligent life.
- Alan is never interested in television during the summer however
on warm summer nights he will watch reruns of Miami Vice.
- The dog took both the frisbee and the bone from its owner; hoping
the owner wouldn't notice and wagging its tail.
- Make the following sentences grammatically parallel by making sure
all coordinate items (equal items joined in a series by commas or by
and, nor, but, or,yet, or so —
anboys) are structured the same way and in the same tense,
voice, and mood. If necessary, divide the sentence:
- The copy editor was asked to edit the text quickly, accurately,
and in a detailed manner
- The teacher told the students that they should stop texting, that
they should look up compound words, and to study the homework about
number style.
- The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find syllable
breaks, pronunciations, correct spellings, and distinguishing compound
from hyphenated words.
- Harold runs, skates, bikes, and was captain of the baseball team.
- Fix the dangling or misplaced modifiers by rewriting the sentence:
- We saw the wild boars riding inside the Landrover.
- Without knowing his name, it was difficult to introduce him.
- Tired from a long day at work, your couch is your sanctuary.
- Having missed the train to work, a cab was the next best thing.
- Is the number style correct? If so, put a check mark. If not, correct
the sentence.
- 15 dogs attacked Cindy.
- Cindy attacked 15 dogs.
- My phone has eight MB RAM.
- In these examples, check the answers in the editing book (DPES) and
the AP Style Guide. If they disagree, write out the sentence in both
styles and label them.
- I can't believe I am almost fifty years old.
- The temperature will be in the high sixties.
- They had 10 donkeys and 2 cats.
- I counted 1254 horseflies.
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