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    5a: Writing Style
z5b: Grammar Rules
spacerz5b(6): Colloquialisms
spacerz5b(7): Sentences
spacerz5b(8): Commas
spacerz5b(9): Semicolons
spacerz5b(10): Colons
spacerz5b(11): Using Hyphens
spacerz5b(12): The Apostrophe
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Chapter 5 - Section 5b(7): Sentences 		 

Beware of two common sentence writing errors:

Sentence fragment: a statement with no independent clause 

Run-on sentence: two or more independent clauses that are improperly connected


Sentence Fragments

Every sentence in formal writing must have an independent clause: a clause that expresses a complete thought and

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