Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts

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0I am new to this site .. I am not sure how this works .. I am having problems with my homework.  More so I have problems with English ugg.. Can someone help me please?02br02br00I have these sentences ... and these choices: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts02br02br01b01font001. The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects02font02b00.02br02br01font00I would consider this a comma splice since they are complete sentences alone .. 02font02br02br01font01b002. Do you advise me to go to college or that I should get a job after high school?02b02font02br02br01font00To me this is a run on.. But I am not in full understanding of lacking of parallel parts.. 02font02br02br01b01font003. To be fit, you should get enought sleep, exercise regulary, and eat a healthy diet.02font02b02br02br01font00I find this sentence to be correct .. but they throw a new option in UNCLEAR PRONOUN... to me the pronoun is very clear .. 02font02br02br01font01font00And someone please explain a dangler and lacks parallel parts to where I can 02font01font00hopefully understand what they mean ..02font00 02font02br02br01font01font00This class is driving me bonkers!! Where is the math LOL02font00 02font02br02br01font00Corinna02font01font02font0-

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

0Hi Corinna, 02br
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00Welcome to English Forums. Why don't you register, and then we can recognize you next time. 02br
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01b00Choices: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts02b02br
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01b01font001. The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects02font02b00.02br
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01font00I would consider this a comma splice since they are complete sentences alone .. 02font01b00Yup.02b02br
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01font01b002. Do you advise me to go to college or that I should get a job after high school?02b02font02br
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01font00To me this is a run on.. But I am not in full understanding of lacking of 02font01b00parallel parts02b01font00.. 02font02br
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00...advise me [to do X] or [to do Y] makes it parallel. ... 01i00to go to college or to get a job02i00 would be parallel02br
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01b01font003. To be fit, you should get enought sleep, exercise regulary, and eat a healthy diet.02font02b02br
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01font00I find this sentence to be correct .. but they throw a new option in UNCLEAR PRONOUN... to me the pronoun is very clear .. 02font02br
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00This one is nice an parallel - get sleep, exercise, eat - all verbs, in the same tense, etc.02br
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00There's nothing wrong with using the impersonal you, but apparently this class thinks it should either say "one should" (instead of "you should") or "a person should."01font01font00 02font02font02br
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01font01font00And someone please explain a dangler and lacks parallel parts to where I can 02font01font00hopefully understand what they mean ..02font00 02font02br
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00I hope the bit above helped explain parallelism. A dangler is when you start to describe something, but then don't hook it up with the thing that's being described. My favorite has always been "Hanging in the closet for a year, Lola had forgotten about her aqua dress." This dangles because it was not Lola that was hanging in the closet for a year, but the dress. 0-

Corinna 7 · Answer

0Barbara!!! 02br
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00I just signed up!! Thanks for everything!!! .. I like your kitten! 02br
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00You are great and I understand everything that you have stated .. and made it funny too .. that always help soothe a bitter ego, on a subject that, a person may not like!02br
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00 And you hit the nail on the head for #3 as for the coures ... But strange I did not see it until you stated it LOL .. My gramma is gonna kill me! 02br
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01font00Can you explain ... active and passive voice .. 02font02br
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01font01b00This material has been tested by our engineers, and they like it. 02b02font02br
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01b01font00I believe that first is passive (has been) and the second is active (like) 02font02b02br
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01b01font00Your machine has been repaired, and it will be returned to you today.02font02b02br
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01b01font00see this is where I get lost ... I have NO CLUE?? 02font02b02br
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01b01font00You must be a teacher or professor??? 02font02b0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

0Hey, great - I'm glad you signed up. 02br
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00No, I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. (The kitten had her first birthday on Monday. She's not such a terrorist anymore. With age comes calmness.)02br
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00For active/passive, I hate to use such silly terms, but let's use the terms "doers" and "did-to's" (those things/people that something was done to).02br
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00In the active voice, the 01i00doer02i00 does someething to the 01i00did-to02i00. We (the doers) fixed the machine (the did-to).02br
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00In the passive, the 01i00did-to02i00 is the subject of the sentence. The verb is used, but the doer may not be mentioned.02br
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00Jim made a mistake. Active. Doer - did something - did-to02br
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00A mistake was made by Jim. Passive. Did-to had something done to it by the doer.02br
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00A mistake was made. Passive. The doer is not mentioned.02br
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00You machine has been repaired. The machine is the "did-to." The doers are not mentioned. To make it active, you have to have the doers as the subject. We have repaired your machine.02br
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00It will be returned. Still passive. The subject is the "did-to" - in this case, "it" (standing in for "the machine").02br
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00To be active, you need to say who will be the doer - who will return it? I will return it to you today. Alex will return it to you today. 0-

Corinna 7 · Answer

0Thanks I am too!! I am glad I was fortune it enough to have you reply!!!! 02br
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00We have a Siamese, Walker, he is a stinker. He brought a snake to my front door, Good Ole Texas. (May that explains some of the grammar issues j/k)02br
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00I am grateful for you help .. I have gone back to college! after being out of school 15+ years. I am an assisant credit manager for a wholesaler. My English has always been my down fall. SO I am taking this very serious. 02br
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00What type of writing; Novels?02br
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00Okay I believe understand .. 02br
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00This material has been tested by our engineers, and it will be returned to you today.02br
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00This matieral has been tested by our engineers 01font00- this would be Active because the subject is doing?02font02br
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00it will be returned to 00you today 01font00- Passive since it stands for material - so there is no doer? 02font02br
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00Is that right! 050010id2

Tanit · Answer

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01cite10Corinna 712cite10This material has been tested by our engineers 11font10- this would be Active because the subject is doing?12font12br
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10it will be returned to 10you today 11font10- Passive since it stands for material - so there is no doer? 12font12br
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10Hi Corinna02br
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001. 01i00This material has been tested by our engineers02i00>> It's passive. The subject of the sentence is "01i00material02i00", but the agent is "01i00engineers02i00" (in passive sentences, the "01i00doer02i00" - if clearly stated - is preceded by "01i00by02i00"). 02br
00The active equivalent of this sentence would be "01i00Our engineers have tested this materials02i00" (You see? Here the subject of the sentence is the "01i00doer02i00" of the action).02br
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002. 01i00It will be returned to 02i00you today00>> Correct, it's passive. Here the "01i00doer02i00" is not clearly stated, but it's understood ("by us").02br
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00WOW! Back to study after such a long time ... you're so brave!!! 00Good luck!00 0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

0My sister's cat (would that be my nephew?) is named Walker, but he's named after the golf cup.02br
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00You'll find lots of help here - just be calm and patient and it will be okay! Promise!02br
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00(Business writing. Brochures, that type of thing.)0-

Anonymous · Answer

0Tanit, 02br
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00I am glad that I stumbled on upon this site. I hope that I will be able to help someone the same you two have helped me.02br
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00Now that you explained that it makes sense. I was looking for a person, not a subject. Thanks for the "by" tip. Not in my text book .. From what I am learning my goal is to be an active writer. 02br
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00I think I have it! 02br
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00The supervisor announced the new work schedule. << this is ACTIVE right? the subject is doing the verb action right? which makes him the doing ...0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

1font00The supervisor announced the new work schedule. << this is ACTIVE right?02font02br
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00Yes, exactly.02br
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00Now complete the sentence to make it passive:02br
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00The new schedule ... 0-

Corinna 7 · Answer

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11font10The supervisor announced the new work schedule. << this is ACTIVE right?12font12br
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10Yes, exactly.12br
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10Now complete the sentence to make it passive:12br
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10The new schedule i11font10s now complete.12font12br
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10I did not do so well on this test 05000 .. But passed the class with a B. (I wanted an01b00A) 02b00I have Bus. Com. II next semester and I know that it will be even more difficult. Will you help me with the ones I got wrong? I hope that I am not asking too much. 010id6

Corinna 7 · Answer

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