College Writing Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 53

______ In the spaces below this paragraph, write the numbers of the ten word groups that contain fragments or run-ons. Then, in the spaces between the lines, edit by making the necessary corrections. One is done for you as an example.
A unique object in my family's living room is an ashtray.
I made in second grade. I can still remember the pride I felt. When I presented it to my mother. Now, I'm amazed that my parents didn't hide it away at the back of a shelf it is a remarkably ugly object. The ashtray is made out of brown clay that I had tried to mold into a perfect circle, unfortunately my class was only forty-five minutes long. The best I could do was to shape it into a lopsided oval. Its most distinctive feature, though, is the grooves carved into its rim. I had theorized that each groove could hold a cigarette or cigar, I made at least fifty of them. I somehow failed to consider that the only person who smoked in my family was my father. Who smoked about five cigars a year. Further, although our living room is decorated in sedate tans and blues, my ashtray is bright purple. My favorite color at the time. For variety, it has stripes around its rim they are colored neon green. My parents have proudly displayed my little masterpiece on their coffee table for the past ten years. If I ever wonder if my parents love me. I look at that ugly ashtray, the answer is plain to see.