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1. Do not write a subordinate part of a sentence as if it were a complete sentence.

 Wrong: He stopped short. Hearing some one approach.

 Right: He stopped short, hearing some one approach. [Or] Hearing some one approach, he stopped short.

 Wrong: The winters are cold. Although the summers are pleasant.

 Right: Although the summers are pleasant, the winters are cold.

 Wrong: The hunter tried to move the stone. Which he found very heavy.

 Right: The hunter tried to move the stone, which he found very heavy. [Or] The hunter tried to move the stone. He found it very heavy.

Note.—A sentence must in itself express a complete thought. Phrases or subordinate clauses, if used alone, carry only an incomplete meaning. They must therefore be attached to a sentence, or restated in independent form. Elliptical expressions used in conversation may be regarded as exceptions: Where? At what time? Ten o'clock. By no means. Certainly. Go.

Exercise:

1 My next experience was in a grain elevator. Where I worked for two summers.

2 The parts of a fountain pen are: first, the point. This is gold. Second, the body.

3 The form is set rigidly. So that it will not be displaced when the concrete is thrown in.

4 There are several reasons to account for the swarming of bees. One of these having already been mentioned.

5 Since June the company has increased its trade three per cent. Since August, five per cent.