Sentence, Fragment, or Run-on?

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What is a sentence?

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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and has a subject and a verb.

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What is a fragment?

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A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is often missing a subject or a verb.

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are incorrectly joined together without proper punctuation.

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Example of a sentence:

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The dog barked loudly.

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Example of a fragment:

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Running down the street.

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Example of a run-on sentence:

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I love to read I have many books.

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How can you fix a run-on sentence?

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You can fix a run-on sentence by adding a period, a comma with a conjunction, or a semicolon.

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What punctuation can separate two independent clauses?

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A semicolon (;) or a comma followed by a conjunction (and, but, or, etc.).

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Identify the type: 'I went to the store I bought milk.'

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Run-on.

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Identify the type: 'After the rain stopped.'

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Fragment.