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Tag: complete sentences
Coordinating Conjunctions | Writing Style
Frequently, teachers will tell their students not to begin their sentences with coordinating conjunctions. Teachers give this advice because many students who use these sentence beginnings…
Mechanics Quiz for Teachers
See how much you know about mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, spelling, etc.) by taking the 10 Question Mechanics Quiz for Teachers. Don't worry; I’ll dispense with the…
Free Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Resources
Find relevant articles, free resources (including diagnostic grammar and mechanics assessments), and tips regarding teaching grammar and mechanics in this collection from the Pennington Publishing Blog.…
How to Teach Students to Write in Complete Sentences
Developing writers often have problems writing in complete sentences. Three teaching techniques will help your students write coherent and complete sentences.
How to Identify Subjects and Predicates
The complete sentence is, undoubtedly, the most important benchmark of conventional writing. Subjects and predicates are the best identifiers of the complete sentence and the best…
How to Fix Sentence Fragments
Writing in complete sentences is the essential writing skill. Even sophisticated writers sometimes struggle with sentence fragments. Learn how to identify sentence fragments in your own…
How to Fix Run-On Sentences
Writing in complete sentences is the essential writing skill. Even sophisticated writers sometimes struggle with run-on sentences. Learn how to identify run-ons in your own writing…