S3 A sentence must be a complete thought.
		Incorrect Examples		Correct Examples
a) Do not leave out the verb.	Atlantis, real or not? The dancing, the acting, the drama!		Was Atlantis real or not? The dancing, the acting, the drama were all superb!
b) Do not leave out the subject.	Ran quickly down to the riverbank.		The girl ran quickly down to the riverbank.
c) A prepositional phrase cannot stand by itself; it needs a sentence to support.	After she left the battlefront. (What happened after she left the battlefront?)		After she left the battlefront, she returned home to heal.
d) A participle phrase cannot stand by itself; it needs a sentence to support.	Running as hard as she could. (What happened as she was running?)		Running as hard as she could, she suddenly collapsed.
e) An appositive cannot stand by itself; it needs a sentence to support.	A boy who loved dogs. (What about the boy who loved dogs?) Two girls who were friends. (What about he girls who were friends?)		A boy who loved dogs began coon hunting through the bottomlands of the Ozark Mountains. Two girls who were friends became lost.
f) Half of an if-then compound sentence cannot stand by itself.	If the president would only take a stronger stand against illegal immigration. (Then what would happen?)		If the president would only take a stronger stand against illegal immigration, then the problem could be solved.
g) An infinitive phrase cannot stand by itself; it needs a sentence to support.	To smash a spider. To kick the ball past the dazed goalie.		To smash a spider made her sick to her stomach. His dream was just once to kick the ball past the dazed goalie.