184 1P'.n-tum I SentenceStructure
Forexample,theincreaseinthecostofrentinganapartmentisonereasonfor
morepeoplebeinghomeless.Toliveandworkforatleasta yearin a foreigncountryhasalwaysbeenmy
dream.A. Readthefollowingsentences.MarkthemFrag.iftheyaresentencefragments,
orCompoiftheyarecompletesentences.Ona separatesheetofpaper,rewrite
eachfragmenttomakea completesentence.- Thedesireofallhumankindtoliveinpeaceandfreedom,for
example. - Second,a factthatmenarephysicallystrongerthanwomen.
- ThebestmovieI sawlastyear.
- Titanicwasthemostfinanciallysuccessfulmovieevermade,
worldwide. - Forexample,manystudentshavepart-timejobs.
- Althoughpeoplewanttobelievethatallmenarecreatedequal.
- Findinga suitablemarriagepartneris a challengingtask.
- Manyofmyfriendswhodidnothavetheopportunitytogoto
college. - Workingduringthemorningandattendingclassesduringthe
afternoon.
____10. BecauseI donotfeelthatgradesincollegehaveanyvalue.
____11. AtsunamithatoccurredintheIndianOceaninDecember
2004,killingmorethan200,000people.____12. Thetotalenergyofthetsunamiwaveswasaboutfive
megatonsofTNT.____13. Morethantwicethetotalexplosiveenergyusedduringallof
WorldWarII,includingtwoatomicbombs,accordingtoone
expert.Alwayscheckyourownwritingforsentencefragments.Payparticularattention
tosentencesbeginningwithsubordinators(although,since,because,if,before,and
soon).TheseareDANGERWORDS!Makesurethateveryclausebeginningwith
thesewordsisattachedtoanindependentclause.- Teacherswhogivetoomuchhomework.
PROBLEM Thisis a noun(teachers)+anadjectiveclause(whogivetoomuchhomework).The
nounis thebeginningofanindependentclausethatwasneverfinished.
ToCORRECT Finishtheindependentclause.
Teacherswhogivetoomuchhomeworkareunpopular.- Forexample,theincreaseinthecostofrentinganapartment.
Toliveandworkforatleasta yearin a foreigncountry.
PROBLEM Neithersentencehasa verb.
ToCORRECT Rewriteeachsentencesothatit hasa verb.PRJ\.CT1CE 2
Rewriting
Sentence
Fragments