The Grammar Doctor

Sentence Fragment Quiz

Place an (F) beside the following word groups if they contain a sentence fragment. Place a (C) beside the word groups if both are correct sentences.

1. This place is like working in a madhouse. Where the inmates run the asylum
2. The managers are completely incompetent. Unable to make a simple decision without consulting a rule book.
3. Take my boss, for example. He doesn't know anything at all about the business.
4. If you want to requisition some office supplies, like a box of paper clips. You need to send your request up two levels in the chain of command.
5. You can't do anything without an okay from management. Not even order an inexpensive part for a piece of broken equipment.
6. They have rules and procedures for absolutely everything. Even a "correct" procedure for closing a door.
7. There are so many rules that no one knows all of them. It's a real mess.
8. After spending tens of thousands of dollars teaching operators how to run a new computer program. They scrapped the program and installed a new one.
9. Initiative and originality are not encouraged here. Not even if the new idea is going to save the company a lot of money.
10. Sycophants are the only ones who get promoted here. Thus ensuring that the next wave of managers will be just as incompetent as the last.