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CHAPTER 26
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AV O I D I N G S E N T E N C E E R R O R S
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Review Chart: Correcting Sentence Fragments
ESL TIP
ESL and visual learners will
find this review chart
especially useful. Suggest
that students keep it handy
as they write and revise.
Type of Fragment
F Fragment
C Corrected
1. Dependent clause
F After Jake moved to Colorado.
C After Jake moved to Colorado, he learned to ski.
2. Relative clause
F Who loves computer games.
C My niece, who loves computer games, repairs
my computer.
3. -ing modifier
F Surfing the Web.
C Surfing the Web, we visited European art museum sites.
4. Prepositional
phrase
F Inside the cave.
C They found mastodon bones inside the cave.
5. Appositive
F A slow student.
C Einstein, a slow student, proved to be a genius.
6. Infinitive
F To go dancing tonight.
C She wants to go dancing tonight.
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PRACTICE 6
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Fragments are most likely to occur in paragraphs or longer pieces of writing.
Proofread the paragraph below for fragments. Correct them in any way you
choose, either adding the fragments to other sentences or making them into complete sentences. Answers will vary.
TEACHING TIP
Suggest that students try
the bottom-up proofreading
technique—reading the last
sentence first, then the
second to last, and so on,
until they reach the first
sentence.
(1) The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 has inspired fifteen motion pictures over
all
the years. (2) All of them requiring special effects. (3) What set James Cameron’s
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Titanic apart, however, was his attention to detail. (4) Following the blueprints
and plans for the original ship. (5) Cameron’s team created scaled sets and models
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accurate down to the rivets. (6) Scenes of the ship in the water were made possible
through the brilliant use of computer technology and a small model. (7) A larger
to
model of the liner’s huge cargo hold was needed. (8) To show the ocean rushing into the ship. (9) Although the model was only a quarter as large as the origiit
nal. (10) It still had enough room for period luggage and a brand-new Renault.
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which
(11) The largest model was a 775-foot replica of the luxury ship. (12) Which repro^,
duced every detail, from the ship’s name lettered on the façade to the chairs on