This section explains how to compose clear sentences and avoid sentence fragments. The explanation includes:
Sentence Fragments:
a. Subordinate clause
b. Verbal phrase
c. Prepositional phrase
d. Appositive or part of compound predicate
e. Acceptable uses
Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences:
1. Comma Splices
a. Main clauses not joined by coordinating conjunction
b. Main clauses connected by conjunctive adverb
2. Run-on Sentences
a. Main clauses with no connector or punctuation
Pronoun Reference:
a. Clear reference to one antecedent
b. Clear placement of pronoun and antecedent
c. Reference to specific antecedent
d. Indefinite use of it, they, you.
e. Clear use of it.
f. Appropriate use of relative pronouns
Shifts:
a. Person and number
b. Tense and mood
c. Subject and voice
d. Indirect and direct quotation
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers:
1. Misplaced Modifiers
a. Prepositional phrases
b. Subordinate clauses
c. Limiting modifiers
d. Squinting modifiers
e. Separation of sentence parts
f. Separation of parts of verb phrase or infinitive
2. Dangling Modifiers
a. Dangling Modifiers
Mixed and Incomplete Sentences:
1. Mixed and Incomplete Sentences
a. Mixed grammar
b. Mixed meaning
2 Incomplete Sentences
a. Compound constructions
b. Comparisons
c. Careless omissions
