First, review the following reading:
see fragments errors: http://owl.excelsior.edu/grammar-essentials/common-errors/common-errors-sentence-fragment/
see comma splices and run-ons errors (also called fused sentences: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/fragments-and-run-ons/
clauses: A subject and a verb working together form a clause. There are two kinds of clauses, independent and dependent (or subordinate) Each independent clause contains a subject and its verb. Dependent clauses have a subject plus verb plus subordinator.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/01/
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/fragments-and-run-ons/
subordinators: Each dependent (or subordinate) clause contains a subject and its verb plus a subordinator (when, whereas, although, while, until, whenever, as, if, though, because, before, after, who, which, that, . . .) A dependent clause has a subject and verb but cannot stand by itself.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/index.php?category_id=2&sub_category_id=1&article_id=37
See also: semicolon: ( http://owl.excelsior.edu/grammar-essentials/punctuation/semicolons/semicolons-joining-clauses/
see also coordinating conjunctions http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/Grammar/conjunctions.htm
see also Four Sentence Kinds: http://www.whitesmoke.com/4-sentence-types-in-english
Please correct each of the items below—see below–if it contains one of the following Major Sentence Errors: C.S. (comma splice) or Frag. (sentence fragment) or RUN. (run-on). Or, identify as Correct.
Complete #1 here: Correct #1 in four different ways.
See references to run ons and CS above for ideas about how to correct these errors
Four different ways to fix a Run-On or a Comma Splice:
1. Our state is only one of two states that does not have an all-driver texting ban, under the proposed new law, drivers of all ages are prohibited from texting and driving.
1. Our state is only one of two states that does not have an all-driver texting ban, under the proposed new law, drivers of all ages are prohibited from texting and driving.
1. Our state is only one of two states that does not have an all-driver texting ban, under the proposed new law, drivers of all ages are prohibited from texting and driving.
1. Our state is only one of two states that does not have an all-driver texting ban, under the proposed new law, drivers of all ages are prohibited from texting and driving.
After you correct #1 above in four different ways, go onto 2-8 below. The above four sentences should be corrected in four different ways, but for #2 through #8, below, correct the sentence only once, if need be.
Correct each of the items below if it contains one of the following Major Sentence Errors: C.S. (comma splice) or Frag. (sentence fragment) or RUN. (run-on). Or, identify as Correct.
2. Only drivers under the age of 21 are restricted from using their mobile devices to send messages while they are driving.
3. Police officers in Saint Pirardeau say it doesn’t matter how old you are, a distraction is a distraction.
4. It could be talking on your cell phone, talking to your passenger, adjusting your radio, whatever the
case may be, as long as it is distracting you, the chance of being in a traffic crash is much greater.
5. Current measures have been discussed among lawmakers in the last two weeks. Including Senate bill 501, Senate Bill 608, and House Bill 1674.
6. There are a lot of car crashes because of people texting and driving, it used to be alcohol, and now it’s texting and driving.
7. We all love cells phones, but we still need to be careful because they’re still killing people today.
8. Make sure that you give other drivers plenty of room stay aware of your surroundings.
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Later in this semester we will have a quiz.
