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Avoiding and correcting run-on sentences
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Avoiding and correcting run-on sentences
How to correct a run-on sentence
What is a run-on sentence?
Correcting run-on sentences cont'd..
3. Use a semicolon
Some students think they can study for an important exam by "cramming" all night; they are probably wrong.
2. Insert a comma plus a coordinating conjunction
To catch or to correct run-on sentences, follow these common guidelines:
1.Join the two clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunction*
2.Break the run-on sentence into two separate sentences.
3.Join the clauses with a semi-colon and a conjunctive adverb** followed by a comma;
however,
4.Join the clauses with a semicolon.
Lets take a closer look at fixing a run on sentence.
Some students think they can study for an important exam by "cramming" all night, but they are probably wrong.
1. Insert a period and start a new sentence
example
Some students think they can study for an important exam by "cramming" all night. They are probably wrong.
Some students think they can study for an important exam by “cramming” all night, they are probably wrong.
Examples of run-on sentences
A run-on is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (i.e. complete sentences) are joined without an appropriate punctuation or conjunction. For example: It is nearly half past five we cannot reach town before dark.
Did you know?!?
The length of a sentence has nothing to do with whether a sentence is considered run-on.
1. Jacara is is very pretty she is rude to everyone.
2. He was a bad boy they sent him to detention he got kicked out of school.
3. The weather was nice today the family went to the lake to fish.
4. The teacher gave quizzes everyday the students complained she did not care.
Now, lets fix them together. :)