English Composition › Section U · Handbook: grammar, style, and documentation › Topic U.3
Fragments, run-ons, and other sentence errors
A handful of sentence errors cause most of the stumbles readers meet: fragments, comma splices, run-ons and stray modifiers. Each has a reliable test and a small set of fixes, so you can find and repair them quickly when you proofread.
In this topic
- Errors that trip readers
- What a fragment is missing
- Fixing fragments
- Worked example: repairing fragments
- Comma splices and run-ons
- Five ways to repair them
- Misplaced modifiers
- Dangling modifiers
- Worked example: four repairs
- A proofreading routine
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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