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Bill Cowens

       \-\My brother he#App01 is great {in sport} {like football, basketball, and baseball.} \-\He got an scholarship {for football} {for 4 years.} \-\{At home} he is real nice. \-\{In football} he broke a record {for the most pass and the most yards.} \-\He got an big trophy {for that} too. \-\He was the captain {of the team.} \-\The team was doing good {for most} {of the time.} \-\Then they kept on loosing*GerDO06 the rest {of the games.} \F\Frag#18One team [LAJFthey played,] he played a good game [RAVFbecause he was catching most {of the passes} [RAJFthat the quarterback threw {to him.}]] \-\{In basketball} he is good [RAVFbecause he can hit a jump shot, and a lay-up.=CC] \-\They didn't loose that many games. \-\He had been scoring 20 and 30 points a game.#NuA02 \-\He had been leading scores {for the Wildcats.} \-\They have been playing some good teams. \-\He had been helping out a lot.#NuA02 \-\They went {to the regionals} \C\and they lost [RAVFbecause somebody had missed a lay-up.] \-\They have never played this team before. \-\{In baseball} he is also a great player {on shortstop.} \-\He has got a great batting average, \,\CS#39he is hitting a lot {of homeruns.} \-\They have won the district, \,\CS#40the whole team has been hitting good.  \-\He has made some great plays. \-\He got great experience, \,\CS#41I think [RNDOhe got personality also.] \-\The coach liked him very much. \-\Sometimes he has got a bad attitude. \-\He gets anthing [RAJFhe wants,] \,\CS#42he is real spoiled.=PV \-\I like him {as my brother.}
 
 
Analysis of Fragments, Comma-Splices and Run-ons

Frag #18 -- Length: It is a fragment because the writer left out an initial "against" -- "*Against* one team [LAJFthey played,] he played a good game [RAVFbecause he was catching most of the passes [RAJFthat the quarterback threw to him.]]" As it was, it is the longest "main clause" in the passage, 23 words, which is almost three times the writer's 8.2 word average. Note also that it contains three perfectly correct subordinate clauses.

CS #39 -- Amplification: His hitting a lot of home runs can be seen as a detail related to his batting average: "He has got a great batting average  -- he is hitting a lot of homeruns." 
CS #40 -- Subordination: "They have won the district, because the whole team has been hitting good."
CS #41 -- Contrast: "He's got great experience; I think he's got personality also."
CS #42 -- Amplification (or Subordination): The second clause could be an amplification of the first, or it could state the cause of the first:, or it courld be the result of the first: "He gets anything he wants -- he is real spoiled." or "He gets anything he wants because he is real spoiled." or "Because gets anything he wants, he is real spoiled." The choices being so numerous, the writer may have opted for the splice.