Imagine this scenario: Mona wrote and turned in what she considered to be a well-written essay. She was so interested in the topic and had so much to say about it that she hadn’t even minded doing the assignment. Her essay had an interesting introduction, detailed body paragraphs, and a satisfying conclusion. The spelling, verb usage, and pronoun references were correct. All in all, Mona felt confident that the paper deserved a high grade. She wasn’t prepared for the mediocre score it received or for the brief note of explanation: “Numerous sentence structure errors.”
Mona had failed to check individual sentences to ensure that each of them was complete. The fragments and run-ons impacted Mona’s grade and made her writing skills seem questionable. This lesson will give you tools and tips to edit sentence structure so that you can escape Mona’s fate and guarantee that fragments and run-ons won’t hamper your writing.