Directions: Re-write the following paragraph so that it is free from fragment and run-on sentences. HINT: Two of the sentences are grammatically correct!
(1)Farmers have been trying to keep hungry birds out of their crops for centuries, the first
scarecrow was invented for this reason. (2) Small birds destroy thousands of dollars' worth of
crops each year and farmers are forced to fight back to protect their crops. (3) Chemicals
effectively ward off birds but they are capable of harming the crops. (4) Some farmers have even
tried to scare the pesky birds with noise from cannon fire! (5) Recently, however, a group of
farmers tried something new they brought in even bigger birds, falcons, to frighten the smaller
birds away. (6) Falcons are cheaper than chemicals and less frightening than cannon fire. (7)
Falcons are birds of prey when a smaller bird sees one. (8)It flies away. (9) Falcons are not only
helpful in the fields they are used in airports and landfills too. (10) At landfills, falcons frighten
scavenger birds and other small wildlife away from the refuse and at airports the falcons are used
to keep the runways clear of flocks of birds.

Re-writing the paragraph so that it is free from fragment and run-on sentences:

(1) Farmers have been trying to keep hungry birds out of their crops for centuries.  The first  scarecrow was invented for this reason.

(2) Small birds destroy thousands of dollars' worth of

crops each year, and farmers are forced to fight back to protect their crops.

(3) Chemicals  effectively ward off birds, but they are capable of harming the crops.

(4) Some farmers have even  tried to scare the pesky birds with noise from cannon fire!

(5) Recently, however, a group of  farmers tried something new.  They brought in even bigger birds, falcons, to frighten the smaller

birds away.

(6) Falcons are cheaper than chemicals, and less frightening than cannon fire.

(7)  Falcons are birds of prey.  When a smaller bird sees one, (8)it flies away.

(9) Falcons are not only  helpful in the fields, they are used in airports and landfills too.

(10) At landfills, falcons frighten  scavenger birds and other small wildlife away from the refuse and at airports, the falcons are used  to keep the runways clear of flocks of birds.

Explanation:

a) In a complete paragraph form, it should be written as follows:

"Farmers have been trying to keep hungry birds out of their crops for centuries. The first scarecrow was invented for this reason. Small birds destroy thousands of dollars' worth of crops each year, and farmers are forced to fight back to protect their crops. Chemicals effectively ward off birds, but they are capable of harming the crops. Some farmers have even tried to scare the pesky birds with noise from cannon fire! Recently, however, a group of farmers tried something new. They brought in even bigger birds, falcons, to frighten the smaller birds away. Falcons are cheaper than chemicals, and less frightening than cannon fire. Falcons are birds of prey. When a smaller bird sees one, it flies away. Falcons are not only helpful in the fields, they are used in airports and landfills too. At landfills, falcons frighten scavenger birds and other small wildlife away from the refuse and at airports, the falcons are used to keep the runways clear of flocks of birds."

b) Grammatically, incomplete sentences are regarded as sentence fragments.  Sentence fragments do not contain either the main verb or subject (or both).  On the other hand, run-on sentences consist of at least two independent clauses that are connected in one sentence without proper punctuation.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.