Choppysentencesaresentencesthataretooshort.Stringysentencesaresentenceswithtoomanyindependentclauses.Althoughgettingmarriediseasy,staying
marriedis anothermatter.Corrected
Aftermyfamilyleftourhomeland,we
livedina refugeecampforseveral
months.Assoonaswegotour
documents,wetraveledtoCanada,
wherewelivenow.ORCorrected
Aftermyfamilyleftourhomeland,we
livedina refugeecampforseveral
months.Assoonaswegotour
documents,wetraveledtoCanada,
wherewelivenow.Corrected
Gettingmarriediseasy,butstaying
marriedis anothermatter.Corrected
ThesubjectI enjoyedthemostinhigh
schoolwasphysics.Parallel
Takinga classona pass/failbasis
is sometimesbetterthangetting
a gradeofC.
Mygrandmothernotonlyspeaks
fourlanguagesbutalsounder-
standssixothers.Stringy
Myfamilyleftourhomeland,and
welivedina refugeecampfor
severalmonths,butfinallywegot
ourdocuments,sowetraveledto
Canada,andwelivetherenow.Choppy
Myfamilyleftourhomeland.Then
welivedina refugeecamp.We
livedthereforseveralmonths.
Thenwegotourdocuments.We
traveledtoCanada.Welive
therenow.CommaSplice
Gettingmarriedis easy,staying
marriedisanothermatter.Run-On
Gettingmarriedis easystaying
marriedisanothermatter.Fragment
ThesubjectIenjoyedthemost
inhighschool.NotParallel
Takinga classona pass/failbasis
is sometimesbetterthantoget
a gradeofC.
Mygrandmothernotonlyspeaks
fourlanguagesbutalsoshe
understandssixothers.Run-onsandcommasplicesareincorrectlyjoinedindependentclauses.Fragmentsareincompletesentences.- SentenceProblem§
Themainkindsofproblemsentencesthatstudentsmaywrite arefragments,
run-ons,commasplices,choppy,andstringysentences.
192 Partn1 ISentenceStructure