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grammar and language workbook solution b helen is a photographer and is becoming well-known for her work. alicia has a new computer, which is very powerful. combine the fragment with another sentence. sentence fragments problem 1 fragment that lacks a subject frag ali baked a chocolate cake. took it to the party. frag maria thought the comedian was funny. laughed at his jokes. solution ali baked a chocolate cake. he took it to the party. maria thought the comedian was funny. she laughed at his jokes. make a complete sentence by adding a subject to the fragment. problem 2 fragment that lacks a complete verb frag helen is a photographer. she becoming well-known for her work. frag alicia has a new computer. it very powerful. solution a helen is a photographer. she is becoming well-known for her work. alicia has a new computer. it is very powerful. make a complete …
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gment part of a sentence. more help in avoiding sentence fragments is available in lesson 30. need more help? c op yr ig h t © m cg ra w -h ill e d uc at io n . p er m is si on is g ra n te d t o re p ro d uc e fo r cl as sr oo m u se . tr ou bl es ho ot er problem 1 comma splice—two main clauses separated only by a comma run-on i don’t know where the oil paints are, they were over by the easel. solution a i don’t know where the oil paints are. they were over by the easel. make two sentences by separating the first clause from the second with end punctuation, such as a period or a question mark, and start the second sentence with a capital letter. solution …
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omma before the coordinating conjunction. c op yr ig h t © m cg ra w -h ill e d uc at io n . p er m is si on is g ra n te d t o re p ro d uc e fo r cl as sr oo m u se . agr the arrangement of those colorful pictures make a vivid, exciting combination. agr one of those big, gray seagulls have perched on the roof. tr ou bl es ho ot er problem 1 a prepositional phrase between a subject and its verb solution the arrangement of those colorful pictures makes a vivid, exciting combination. one of those big, gray seagulls has perched on the roof. make the verb agree with the subject, not with the object of the preposition. lack of subject-verb agreement problem 2 a predicate nominative differing in number from the subject agr …
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e past two days seem like a week. one thousand millimeters equals a meter. a noun of amount that refers to one unit is singular. a noun of amount that refers to a number of individual units is plural. c op yr ig h t © m cg ra w -h ill e d uc at io n . p er m is si on is g ra n te d t o re p ro d uc e fo r cl as sr oo m u se . tr ou bl es ho ot er problem 6 compound subject joined by and agr a clear day and a light breeze brightens a summer afternoon. agr pop and pizza are a common meal. solution a a clear day and a light breeze brighten a summer afternoon. use a plural verb if the parts of the compound subject do not belong …
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long the old canal have different colors in the fall. solution each of the trees along the old canal has different colors in the fall. some indefinite pronouns are singular, some are plural, and some can be either singular or plural depending on the noun they refer to. (a list of indefinite pronouns is on page 54.) more help with subject-verb agreement is available in lessons 44–51. need more help? c op yr ig h t © m cg ra w -h ill e d uc at io n . p er m is si on is g ra n te d t o re p ro d uc e fo r cl as sr oo m u se . lack of agreement between pronoun and antecedent tr ou bl es ho ot er problem 1 a singular antecedent that can be either male or female ant a great coach …

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grammar and language workbook solution b helen is a photographer and is becoming well-known for her work. alicia has a new computer, which is very powerful. combine the fragment with another sentence. sentence fragments problem 1 fragment that lacks a subject frag ali baked a chocolate cake. took it to the party. frag maria thought the comedian was funny. laughed at his jokes. solution ali baked a chocolate cake. he took it to the party. maria thought the comedian was funny. she laughed at his jokes. make a complete sentence by adding a subject to the fragment. problem 2 fragment that lacks a complete verb frag helen is a photographer. she becoming well-known for her work. frag alicia has a …

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