Repair fragments and run-ons
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A sentence-editing portfolio with before/after examples, named repairs and a final paragraph checked for meaning, grammar and clarity.
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What to include
- Classify independent/dependent clauses and phrases.
- Repair a fragment and a comma splice with preserved meaning.
- Annotate agreement, tense and ambiguous pronouns.
- Explain three structural punctuation choices.
- Submit the full paragraph edit and cause-based revision log.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Method: applies the course-specific rules to the supplied cases with visible intermediate work.
- Accuracy: results agree with the stated facts, units, boundaries and independent checks.
- Reasoning: explains why the result follows and identifies a limitation or unresolved question.
- Transfer: completes changed cases and revises the final project when a relevant assumption changes.
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The idea in everyday life
Practice draft: The room was locked, we waited outside. Because the key was missing. Supplied meaning: The missing key caused the wait.
Two independent clauses need an appropriate boundary or connector. A comma alone does not normally join them in the supplied formal prose. A period separates thoughts; a conjunction can explain their relationship.
Repair fragments and run-ons — worked practice
Two independent clauses need an appropriate boundary or connector. A comma alone does not normally join them in the supplied formal prose. A period separates thoughts; a conjunction can explain their relationship.
Practice draft: The room was locked, we waited outside. Because the key was missing. Supplied meaning: The missing key caused the wait.
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| AMaterial | BSupplied text |
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| Case | Practice draft: The room was locked, we waited outside. Because the key was missing. Supplied meaning: The missing key caused the wait. |
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1. 1. Diagnose
Identify the two independent clauses in the opening sentence.
You should see: The room was locked / we waited outside.
2. 2. Separate
Repair with a period.
You should see: The room was locked. We waited outside.
3. 3. Connect
Use because to preserve the reason relationship.
You should see: We waited outside because the key was missing.
4. 4. Compare
Explain what the repairs preserve.
You should see: The lock and wait are both stated; the causal link is explicit in the combined version.
What to finish
Before/after clause repairs with a stated reason or result.
Watch for this
A reason, a contrast and a result are different claims. The connector must preserve the intended relationship between the supplied events.
How can I tell I understand it?
Choose a changed repair by its grammar and intended relationship rather than by sentence length.
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