Fragments, Comma-Splices, and Run-Ons

Which option is not a sentence?

• He laughed uncontrollably.
• Rolled along the sidewalk.
• She loved running at night.
• Her dog barked and cried.

Academic essays tend to be highly logical, clear logical reasoning is very persuasive.

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In the humanities disciplines, scholars mostly use a deductive structure and a thesis statement. While in the social sciences or science disciplines, scholars prefer to use an inductive structure and a hypothesis.

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In “Simplicity,” William Zinsser argues that cluttered writing is bad writing, however it can be fixed by eliminating all unnecessary or unclear words.

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Drew Hayden Taylor’s critique of Stephen Harper’s apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. 

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Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway First Nations’ poet, novelist, and journalist in “Returning to Harmony,” he critiques Canada’s residential school system.

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It is important to revise essays at the following levels. Content, structure, and editing. 

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Revision is essential to good writing, consequently it is important to develop a revision process that works. 

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It is important to revise essays at the following levels. Content, structure, and editing. 

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Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 

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