Fragments & Run-OnsATI TEAS 7 cheat sheet

The two biggest sentence errors

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Fragment

Missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought
'Because the shift ended.' — dependent, cannot stand alone
Fix: attach it, or add what is missing

Run-On

Two independent clauses with no punctuation
'The alarm rang the nurse responded'

Comma Splice

Two independent clauses joined by only a comma — still an error
'The alarm rang, the nurse responded'

Four Fixes

Period · semicolon · comma + FANBOYS · make one clause dependent

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The two biggest sentence errors

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