Runs On And Frag Flashcards
A group of words hay does not contain a subject and a verb
Phrase
Contains a word that is made from a verb but is used as another part of speech
Verbal phrase
Group of words that identifies or explains a nervy noun or pronoun in the sentence
Appositive phrase
Group of words consisting of a preposition a noun or a pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition and any modifiers of that object
Prepositional phrase
Does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence
Subordinate clause
Group of words that contains subject and a verb
Clause
Expresses a complete thought and kids stand alone as a sentence
Independent clause
Two or more complete sentences that are written as one sentence
Run-on sentence
The writer has joined two or more complete sentences with no punctuation chin mark between them
Fused sentence
The writer has joined two or more sentences using only a comma to separate them
, Splice
Group of words that is only a part of a sentence
Sentence fragment