Repairing sentence fragments by repunctuating the sentence

Some sentence fragments can be successfully repaired by making different punctuation choices; for example,

There are two options which would alleviate the problem. Raising the dam wall or increasing the size of the spillway.

The sentence fragment 'Raising the dam wall or increasing the size of the spillway' can be repaired by attaching it to the previous sentence with a colon ( : ) where it will act as a dependent clause.

There are two options which would alleviate the problem: raising the dam wall or increasing the size of the spillway.

Here are some other examples of sentence fragments. These sentence fragments can also be repaired by repunctuating them. Listen to the difference between the sentence fragment and the completed sentence.

Sentence fragment	Complete sentence (after repair)	Annotation
Having established their role outside the home. Women were reluctant to leave the workforce at the end of the war.	Having established their role outside the home, women were reluctant to leave the workforce at the end of the war	Repunctuate by changing the full stop to a comma; this creates one complete sentence.
Moderate consumption of wine has been found to be beneficial. While overindulgence of alcohol can have serious effects on health.	Moderate consumption of wine has been found to be beneficial while overindulgence of alcohol can have serious effects on health.	Repunctuate by eliminating the full stop to create one complete sentence