{"id":825,"date":"2025-04-21T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=825"},"modified":"2025-06-28T20:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:58:04","slug":"complete-sentences-learn-it-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/complete-sentences-learn-it-2\/","title":{"raw":"Complete Sentences: Learn It 2","rendered":"Complete Sentences: Learn It 2"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Common Causes of Fragments<\/h2>\r\nOne of the reasons we write in fragments is that we often speak that way. However, there is a difference between formal writing and speech, and it is important to write in full sentences for academic writing.\r\n\r\n<section class=\"textbox watchIt\" aria-label=\"Watch It\">Watch the following video for more examples and practice identifying sentence fragments.\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api \"><\/script>\r\n<p class=\"cc-media-iframe-container\"><iframe id=\"tpm-plugin-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E\" class=\"cc-media-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xpoZBnXHg3E?enablejsapi=1 \" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"3p-plugin-target-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E\" class=\"p3sdk-target\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"cc-media-iframe-container\"><script type='text\/javascript' src='\/\/plugin.3playmedia.com\/ajax.js?cc=1&cc_minimizable=1&cc_minimize_on_load=0&cc_multi_text_track=0&cc_overlay=1&cc_searchable=0&embed=ajax&mf=13492877&p3sdk_version=1.11.7&p=20361&player_type=youtube&plugin_skin=dark&target=3p-plugin-target-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E&vembed=0&video_id=xpoZBnXHg3E&video_target=tpm-plugin-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E'><\/script><\/p>\r\nYou can view the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/English+Comp\/Transcripts\/Recognizing+fragments+%7C+Syntax+%7C+Khan+Academy_transcript.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript for \u201cRecognizing fragments | Syntax | Khan Academy\u201d here (opens in new window).<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2>Fixing Sentence Fragments<\/h2>\r\nLet\u2019s take a look at a couple of examples:\r\n\r\n<section class=\"textbox example\" aria-label=\"Example\"><strong>Example 1:\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Ivana appeared at the committee meeting last week. And made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u201cAnd made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product\u201d in this example is not a complete sentence. There is no subject in this phrase, so the easiest fix is to simply delete the period and combine the two statements:<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Ivana appeared at the committee meeting last week and made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Example 2:\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The committee considered her ideas for a new marketing strategy quite powerful. The best ideas that they had heard in years.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe part after the period, \u201cthe best ideas they had heard in years,\u201d is not a complete sentence \u2014there is no verb. By adding \u201cthey were\u201d to the beginning of this phrase, we have turned the fragment into an independent clause, which can now stand on its own:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The committee considered her ideas for a new marketing strategy quite powerful; they were the best ideas that they had heard in years.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Example 3:\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>She spent a full month evaluating his computer-based instructional materials. Which she eventually sent to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nLet\u2019s look at the clause \u201cWhich she eventually sent to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations.\u201d This is not a complete sentence and is a dependent clause; the word \u201cwhich\u201d signals this fact. If we change \u201cwhich she eventually\u201d to \u201cEventually, she,\u201d we also turn the dependent clause into an independent clause.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>She spent a full month evaluating his computer-based instructional materials. Eventually, she sent the evaluation to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section><section class=\"textbox tryIt\" aria-label=\"Try It\">[ohm2_question]34370[\/ohm2_question][ohm2_question]34371[\/ohm2_question][ohm2_question]34372[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>","rendered":"<h2>Common Causes of Fragments<\/h2>\n<p>One of the reasons we write in fragments is that we often speak that way. However, there is a difference between formal writing and speech, and it is important to write in full sentences for academic writing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"textbox watchIt\" aria-label=\"Watch It\">Watch the following video for more examples and practice identifying sentence fragments.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"cc-media-iframe-container\"><iframe id=\"tpm-plugin-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E\" class=\"cc-media-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xpoZBnXHg3E?enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"3p-plugin-target-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E\" class=\"p3sdk-target\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"cc-media-iframe-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/plugin.3playmedia.com\/ajax.js?cc=1&#38;cc_minimizable=1&#38;cc_minimize_on_load=0&#38;cc_multi_text_track=0&#38;cc_overlay=1&#38;cc_searchable=0&#38;embed=ajax&#38;mf=13492877&#38;p3sdk_version=1.11.7&#38;p=20361&#38;player_type=youtube&#38;plugin_skin=dark&#38;target=3p-plugin-target-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E&#38;vembed=0&#38;video_id=xpoZBnXHg3E&#38;video_target=tpm-plugin-adbfbgch-xpoZBnXHg3E\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You can view the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/English+Comp\/Transcripts\/Recognizing+fragments+%7C+Syntax+%7C+Khan+Academy_transcript.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript for \u201cRecognizing fragments | Syntax | Khan Academy\u201d here (opens in new window).<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Fixing Sentence Fragments<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at a couple of examples:<\/p>\n<section class=\"textbox example\" aria-label=\"Example\"><strong>Example 1:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ivana appeared at the committee meeting last week. And made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u201cAnd made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product\u201d in this example is not a complete sentence. There is no subject in this phrase, so the easiest fix is to simply delete the period and combine the two statements:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Ivana appeared at the committee meeting last week and made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Example 2:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The committee considered her ideas for a new marketing strategy quite powerful. The best ideas that they had heard in years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The part after the period, \u201cthe best ideas they had heard in years,\u201d is not a complete sentence \u2014there is no verb. By adding \u201cthey were\u201d to the beginning of this phrase, we have turned the fragment into an independent clause, which can now stand on its own:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The committee considered her ideas for a new marketing strategy quite powerful; they were the best ideas that they had heard in years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Example 3:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She spent a full month evaluating his computer-based instructional materials. Which she eventually sent to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at the clause \u201cWhich she eventually sent to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations.\u201d This is not a complete sentence and is a dependent clause; the word \u201cwhich\u201d signals this fact. If we change \u201cwhich she eventually\u201d to \u201cEventually, she,\u201d we also turn the dependent clause into an independent clause.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She spent a full month evaluating his computer-based instructional materials. 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