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Disconnected Compound Predicates

Verbs linked by a coordinating conjunction--and, but, so, for, or, yet, nor, or the adverb then--are known far and wide as compound predicates. Use your sharply honed sentence connecting skills to mend the fragment to the complete sentence.

Most people learn to love The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And throw toast, rice and toilet paper in the theater as a form of homage.

[Correction: ... Show and ... .]