A sentence is a group of words that contains a complete thought or idea. All sentences have a subject and a predicate. Part of a sentence, or an incomplete sentence, is called a sentence fragment. Sentence fragments cannot stand alone.
Examples:
Drove to the store. (no subject)
Because the sun.(group of words)
The girls on the porch.(no predicate)
Run-on sentences are the sentences that are too long. They are hard to follow, so they need to be split into two separate sentences. If the two sentences are about the same idea, they can be joined with a comma and a conjunction like and or but.
Clare likes cheese her brother Miles does not. (run-on)
Clare likes Cheese. Her brother Miles does not. (split into two sentences)
Clare likes cheese, but her brother Miles does not. (combined with a comma and conjunction)
Examples:
Drove to the store. (no subject)
Because the sun.(group of words)
The girls on the porch.(no predicate)
Run-on sentences are the sentences that are too long. They are hard to follow, so they need to be split into two separate sentences. If the two sentences are about the same idea, they can be joined with a comma and a conjunction like and or but.
Clare likes cheese her brother Miles does not. (run-on)
Clare likes Cheese. Her brother Miles does not. (split into two sentences)
Clare likes cheese, but her brother Miles does not. (combined with a comma and conjunction)
