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. 64 Chapter 5 Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-OnsExercise 2 Correcting FragmentsUnderline and correct each fragment.Some items may be correctas is.1.When Leroy Robert Paige was seven years old.He was carryingluggage at a railroad station in Mobile, Alabama.2.He was a clever young fellow.Who invented a contraption forcarrying four satchels (small suitcases) at one time.3.After he did that.He became known as Satchel Paige.4.His fame rests on his being arguably the best baseball pitcher.Who ever played the game.5.Because of the so-called Jim Crow laws.He, as an AfricanAmerican, was not allowed to play in the Major Leagues.Until 1948 after the Major League color barrier was broken.6.By that time he was already forty-two.Although he was inexcellent condition.7.He had pitched.Wherever he could, mainly touring aroundthe country.8.When he faced Major Leaguers in exhibition games.He almostalways won.9.Because people liked to see him pitch.He pitched almost everyday.While he was on tour.Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Fragments 6510.One year he won 104 games.During his career he pitched 55no-hitters and won more than 2,000 games.11.He pitched his last game in the majors at the age offifty-nine.12.In 1971, he was the first African American player.Who wasvoted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in a special category forthose.Who played in the old Negro Leagues.Exercise 3 Correcting FragmentsUnderline and correct each fragment.1.Although Woody Guthrie had a hard life.His songs are filledwith hope.2.His autobiography, Bound for Glory, tells of this free-spiritedman.Who saw boomtown oil fields dry up and crops wither inthe dust bowl.3.Many people knew him only as the author of This Land IsYour Land. Which is often treated as a second nationalanthem.4.Because he was honest and would say what he thought.He wasoften out of work.5.Cisco Houston said, Woody is a man.Who writes two or threeballads before breakfast every morning. Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 66 Chapter 5 Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons6.The hobo, the migrant worker, the merchant marine, the signpainter, the labor agitator, the musician in New York City withhis hat on the sidewalk Woody was a restless traveler.Whoselife was as varied as his song bag.7.Some of his best songs are about his experience during the daysof the Great Depression.When he was an unofficialspokesperson for migrant workers in the West.8.Arlo Guthrie, Woody s son, achieved his own fame.While hecarried on the folk music tradition of his father.9.Woody s song Pretty Boy Floyd was recorded by Bob Dylan.Who modeled his early style on that of Woody and oncereferred to himself as a Woody Guthrie jukebox. 10.A simple farmer once said to a reporter, I ll always rememberWoody as the man.Who said, Some men will rob you with asix-gun and some with a fountain pen. Exercise 4 Correcting FragmentsCorrect the fragments in any way you wish.Many can be fixed bycombining word groups in this list.Write your complete sentencesin the space provided.1.Asia having many ethnic groups.2.Including the Chinese, the Indians, the Arabs, the Turks, andthe Jews.Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Comma Splices and Run-Ons 673.The Chinese have different groups.4.Speaking many dialects.5.Although they have different dialects.6.There is a national language.7.A language called Mandarin.8.Cultural differences exist in Taiwan.9.The main difference being between the Chinese from themainland and the Taiwanese.10.Despite the differences, all Chinese have much culturein common.Comma Splices and Run-OnsThe comma splice and the run-on are two other kinds of faulty sentences that give false signals to the reader.In each instancethe punctuation suggests that there is only one sentence, but, infact, there is material for two.The comma splice consists of two independent clauses withonly a comma between them:The weather was disappointing, we canceled the picnic [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. 64 Chapter 5 Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-OnsExercise 2 Correcting FragmentsUnderline and correct each fragment.Some items may be correctas is.1.When Leroy Robert Paige was seven years old.He was carryingluggage at a railroad station in Mobile, Alabama.2.He was a clever young fellow.Who invented a contraption forcarrying four satchels (small suitcases) at one time.3.After he did that.He became known as Satchel Paige.4.His fame rests on his being arguably the best baseball pitcher.Who ever played the game.5.Because of the so-called Jim Crow laws.He, as an AfricanAmerican, was not allowed to play in the Major Leagues.Until 1948 after the Major League color barrier was broken.6.By that time he was already forty-two.Although he was inexcellent condition.7.He had pitched.Wherever he could, mainly touring aroundthe country.8.When he faced Major Leaguers in exhibition games.He almostalways won.9.Because people liked to see him pitch.He pitched almost everyday.While he was on tour.Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Fragments 6510.One year he won 104 games.During his career he pitched 55no-hitters and won more than 2,000 games.11.He pitched his last game in the majors at the age offifty-nine.12.In 1971, he was the first African American player.Who wasvoted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in a special category forthose.Who played in the old Negro Leagues.Exercise 3 Correcting FragmentsUnderline and correct each fragment.1.Although Woody Guthrie had a hard life.His songs are filledwith hope.2.His autobiography, Bound for Glory, tells of this free-spiritedman.Who saw boomtown oil fields dry up and crops wither inthe dust bowl.3.Many people knew him only as the author of This Land IsYour Land. Which is often treated as a second nationalanthem.4.Because he was honest and would say what he thought.He wasoften out of work.5.Cisco Houston said, Woody is a man.Who writes two or threeballads before breakfast every morning. Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 66 Chapter 5 Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons6.The hobo, the migrant worker, the merchant marine, the signpainter, the labor agitator, the musician in New York City withhis hat on the sidewalk Woody was a restless traveler.Whoselife was as varied as his song bag.7.Some of his best songs are about his experience during the daysof the Great Depression.When he was an unofficialspokesperson for migrant workers in the West.8.Arlo Guthrie, Woody s son, achieved his own fame.While hecarried on the folk music tradition of his father.9.Woody s song Pretty Boy Floyd was recorded by Bob Dylan.Who modeled his early style on that of Woody and oncereferred to himself as a Woody Guthrie jukebox. 10.A simple farmer once said to a reporter, I ll always rememberWoody as the man.Who said, Some men will rob you with asix-gun and some with a fountain pen. Exercise 4 Correcting FragmentsCorrect the fragments in any way you wish.Many can be fixed bycombining word groups in this list.Write your complete sentencesin the space provided.1.Asia having many ethnic groups.2.Including the Chinese, the Indians, the Arabs, the Turks, andthe Jews.Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Comma Splices and Run-Ons 673.The Chinese have different groups.4.Speaking many dialects.5.Although they have different dialects.6.There is a national language.7.A language called Mandarin.8.Cultural differences exist in Taiwan.9.The main difference being between the Chinese from themainland and the Taiwanese.10.Despite the differences, all Chinese have much culturein common.Comma Splices and Run-OnsThe comma splice and the run-on are two other kinds of faulty sentences that give false signals to the reader.In each instancethe punctuation suggests that there is only one sentence, but, infact, there is material for two.The comma splice consists of two independent clauses withonly a comma between them:The weather was disappointing, we canceled the picnic [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]