Review the following passages for sentence fragments,comma splices, and run on sentences. Correct all errors wherenecessary, and bold each correction.
• “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it wasthe age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epochof belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season ofLight, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, itwas the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we hadnothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were allgoing direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like thepresent period, that some of the noisiest authorities insisted onits being received, for good or evil, in the superlative degree ofcomparison only.”
• “I believe that today more than ever a book should be soughtafter even if it has only one great page in it. We must search forfragments, splinters, toenails, anything that has ore in it,anything that is capable of resuscitating the body and thesoul.”
• “I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum inmy hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on theskateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink whilethe water was running and I could tell it was going to be aterrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”
• “We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little lifeis rounded with a sleep.”
• “For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse ofhuman struggle and of valor. Of the endless fluid passage ofhumanity through endless time. And of those who labor and of thosewho--one word--love. His soul expanded. But for a moment only.”
• “The lamp on the rocks on the side of the hill was little morethan a mote of light and after a while they walked back. Everythingtoo wet to make a fire.”
• “Then, slowly, the shining dwindled until it, too, was gone,and there was nothing but stars and starlight. No shadows. No fear.Only the stars and the clear darkness of space, quite differentfrom the fearful darkness of the Thing.”
