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Comma Splice: two or more independent clauses joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction.
Incorrect example:
My parents were my strength when I was weak, they have seen me through everything.
It just so happened that a letter was sent home that week, it said the school did not think I would graduate.
I love him deeply and I consider him my best friend in the whole world, he is just to that point where I do not think he can take much more.
He has given up on life in a sense, if he cannot be accepted for who he is and what he wants to be, then why be here at all, right?
I did not mind, it actually looked like lots of fun, and it was.
Correct example:
My parents were my strength when I was weak, and they have seen me through everything.
My school sent home a letter that week, and it said I might not be graduating.
I love him deeply, and I consider him my best friend. He had just gotten to that point where he did not think he could take much more.
He has given up on life in a sense. If he cannot be who he wants to be, then why be here at all?
I did not mind because it actually looked like fun, and it was.
Sentence fragment: is a word group that pretends to be a sentence.
Incorrect example:
On the old wooden stool in the corner of my grandmother's kitchen.
And immediately popped their flares and life vests.
As she walked through the tunnel.
The dog ran so fast through the house.
They really did not have time to.
Correct example:
On the wooden stool in my grandmother's kitchen sat a tiny mouse.
The pilots were dropping fast into the water, and were popping their flares and life vests.
As she walked through the tunnel the light became brighter.
The dog ran so fast through the house that he almost knocked over the Tiffany lamp.
They really did not have time to take him to school today, but they did .
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