Grammar Quiz: Sentences

Identify sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices in the following sentences. After identifying the error (if there is one), fix the sentence. If there is no error, choose "no error." 

. Carpal tunnel syndrome has many causes, the most common cause is repetitive wrist movements.

. In more traditional cultures, the elderly are often highly regarded. While in American culture, young people tend to consider the elderly conservative and closed off from society.

. The tobacco in cigarettes is not the only problem, they contain many dangerous chemicals as well.

. Poor diet and obesity are becoming prevalent in society, therefore, people are beginning to accept them and may not even see them as the major problems they are.

. One of the most tragic events of the twentieth century. The detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

. Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are the last frontier in escape gaming they take you into another world.

. Podcasts are current and appear automatically, thus they can be enjoyed anywhere at any time.

. Many factors contribute to poverty. Including geographic factors, disease, and lack of education or health care. As well as lack of employment due to problems such as substance abuse or depression.

. The correlation between crop output and bee pollination is thought to be a close one, consequently, colony collapse disorder is more prominent than it used to be.

. A consequence of famine is that every 3.6 seconds a person dies from starvation, usually it is a child who is less than five years old.

. Children under eight years old cannot usually comprehend that commercials are selling a product. Whereas, those under six may not even be able to distinguish a commercial from a TV program.

. The amount of air pollution has drastically increased since the Industrial Revolution, as a result, the death rate from heart attacks and the number of asthma sufferers have also escalated.

. Improvements in technology have enhanced the redirection of water flow, allowing for the reinforcement of river banks.

. The relationship between adolescent boys and girls affects nearly everything in their lives. From clothing choices to the perception of their own intelligence.

. In the final book of the series, Harry visits his parents' grave and sees two inscriptions on their graves both inscriptions refer to passages from the Bible.

. In order to find out why she never seemed to have enough time to get her work done, Alexis recorded how much time she spends on social media. She discovered that she could easily add an hour or two to her work time by going online only four times a day. Rather than every time she got a notification.

. After creating a calendar with all of his assignment deadlines and test dates, Parker saw that he had one whole week in the semester with no assignments that was the last week of the World Series, and since he was a big baseball fan, he couldn't wait to enjoy it.

. Kit Coleman was the first accredited female war correspondent, she worked for the Toronto Mail and went to Cuba to cover the Spanish-American War in 1898.

. The common belief that the full moon can instigate erratic behaviour is really a myth no studies have proven that the full moon influences human behaviour.

. When Nellie McClung was told that women couldn't vote because they were too weak, she replied that, if they could cook for their families, clean the house, raise children, and do farm work, they could probably put an x" on a ballot every four years without too much strain. "

. It's not unusual for me to find odd bits of paper tucked into library books as bookmarks. But this time it was a letter. Postmarked January 4, 1890, and addressed to someone in my town.

. Lower Fort Garry in Manitoba is now a national historic site in its history, it has been a penitentiary, a hospital, a Hudson's Bay Company residence, a training depot for the North-West Mounted Police, and a country club and golf course.

. When the fur trade was at its height in Canada, the voyageurs often paddled fifteen hours a day, when they portaged, they carried packs weighing around eighty kilos each.

. While we might eat an energy bar to keep us going through some strenuous work, the voyageurs ate pemmican, a combination of dried buffalo meat, lard, and berries.

. Madeleine liked rainy days because she could skip her outdoor chores and take time to read by the fire. Her favourite pastime.

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