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COMMON SPLICES AND RUN-ON SENTENCES
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COMMA SPLICES AND RUN-ON SENTENCES
Works Cited and Video
Examples
Ways to Fix
Comma Splice (a.k.a run-ons)
"Comma Splices." Comma Splices. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
1.) NO: Saturday afternoon in Kirkwood is always a busy time everyone seems to be out running errands.
YES: Saturday afternoon in Kirkwood is always a busy time. Everyone seems to be out running errands.
1.) MAKE TWO SENTENCES
3.) Use a semicolon
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"Comma Splices Explained." YouTube. Imagine Easy Solutions, 8 Aug. 2014. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
Incorrect: I'm really tired, I'm going to take a nap.
Correct: I'm really tired. I'm going to take a nap.
Incorrect: I'm going to prom, I want to dance there.
Correct: I'm going to prom; I want to dance there.
2.) NO: Communication is important in every relationship, it’s especially important to a newly married couple.
YES: Communication is important in every relationship, but it’s especially important to a newly married couple.
2.) ADD A CONJUCTION
Definition: A comma splice consists of two or more independent clauses that follow one another and are incorrectly linked together only with a comma (or commas).
Example: It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark.
You can add a conjuction after the comma in order to make the sentence correct (FANBOYS)
F- For
A-And
N-Nor
B-But
O-Or
Y-Yet
S-So
3.) NO: Suddenly, there was complete silence in the boys’ room then the mother knew she’d better check on them.
YES: Suddenly, there was complete silence in the boys’ room; then the mother knew she’d better check on them.
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