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Run On Sentences
Run ons and Fragments
Fixing Run Ons
Use a Comma and a Joining Word
Period and Capital Letter
Run ons are common, but they are not welcome!
Think about the relationship between the two thoughts and add a conjunction to join the ideas together...don't forget the comma!
Make one sentence into two...find where the thought changes from one to the other and insert a period. Don't forget to CAP the next letter!
FAN BOYS
,for ,and ,nor ,but
,or ,yet ,so
(page 343)
I love the circus I like the clowns
I love the circus I like clowns.
, FOR
Groups of words that run on and on
Semicolon
Subordinate Conjunction
Be sure you can identify and correct them.
Just a piece of punctuation!
Semicolon and joining word
Create a DEPENDENT clause--one subject/verb/thought combo no longer makes sense without the other one.
Some special conjunctions, called "Conjunctive Adverbs," WHEN USED BETWEEN SENTENCES, use a semicolon and a comma to combine thoughts.
I love the circus; I like the clowns.
Because I love the clowns.
after, because, under, over, before, when
page 345
creates a fragment!
I love the circus; indeed, I love the clowns.
WOD, July 25: Splice
MITT OF CHINA (pg 341)
moreover, indeed, therefore, thus, otherwise, furthermore, consequently, however, instead, nevertheless, also
I love the circus because I love the clowns.
Three items a sentence must have:
Subject --someone or something that is the actor in the sentence.
Verb--what the subject is doing
Complete thought--from Capital letter to period, the group of words makes sense.
These are opposites--both sentence problems to avoid.
What makes 'em?
Run ons
Sentences
These have all of those sentence items more than once
A second subject
Its own verb
A new thought
If the ideas are joined properly, there is a good sentence. If they are not joined properly, there is a run on.
Subject
Verb
Complete thought
Fused Sentence
no punctuation or other mark of a change from one subject/verb/thought to another
My grades are very good this semester my social life rates only a C.
Comma Splice
two complete thoughts with only a comma between them