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(3) There are several strategies you can use to find errors you just have to give yourself time. (4) Your papers will be much more presentable. (5) When you take the time to proofread. (6) While proofreading, try looking for fragments first. (7) By reading your essay backwards. (8) This strategy is helpful because it helps you notice fragments more easily, they dont sound right if the previous clause is not read beforehand. (9) You can also look for fragment warning words. (10) Including verbals and subordinating conjunctions that are located at the beginning of sentences. (11) Once you find the fragments, it is relatively easy to fix them. (12) Other sentence boundary errors to watch out for include run-ons and comma splices. (13) You can discover these by looking for subject pronouns in the middle of sentences. (14) After commas in particular. (15) A subject pronoun in mid-sentence usually begins a new independent clause, but you need to double check. (16) You can fix run-ons and comma splices in four ways, you should choose the strategy that fits your writing best. (17) If you already have many long sentences, put a period between them. (18) If you are trying to avoid short, choppy sentences. (19) You may want to use a conjunction, it depends upon the meaning of the sentence. (20) You can use a coordinating conjunction (a.k.a.FANBOYS), or you can use a subordinating conjunction. (21) After you have checked for sentence boundary errors, you should also watch for commas and any other errors I just discussed many topics. (22) That we have worked on recently. Answer Key: Learning to Find Sentence Boundary Errors OK F RO OK F OK F CS OK F OK OK OK F OK CS OK F CS OK RO F * There is not one way to rewrite the passage correctly. You may rewrite the passage various ways to correct the errors. 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