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Run-On Sentences

Run-on sentences occur when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction. There are two main types of run-on sentences: comma splice run-ons, which join clauses with only a comma, and fused sentence run-ons, which have no punctuation between clauses. Both types can be corrected by adding a conjunction, separating the clauses with a period, or using a semicolon.

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Run-On Sentences

Run-on sentences occur when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction. There are two main types of run-on sentences: comma splice run-ons, which join clauses with only a comma, and fused sentence run-ons, which have no punctuation between clauses. Both types can be corrected by adding a conjunction, separating the clauses with a period, or using a semicolon.

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Run-On

Sentences
WHAT ARE RUN-ON SENTENCES?
A run-on results when two independent clauses are run together without proper
punctuation.

COMMA SPLICE RUN-ONS FUSED SENTENCE RUN-ONS

I hope to go the movies this


Swimming is good exercise, I do
weekend there is a new one in
it every morning
the dollar theater.
CONJUNCTIONS

COORDINATING SUBORDINATING
FUSED SENTENCE RUN-ONS

HOW TO CORRECT FUSED SENTENCE RUN-ONS


Incorrect: I hope to go the movies this weekend there is a new one in the dollar theater.

Option #1: Add a conjunction to join the clauses


Correct: I hope to go to the movies this weekend BECAUSE there is a new one in the
dollar theater.

Option #2: Separate the clauses with a period.


Correct: I hope to go to the movies this weekend. There is a new one in the dollar
theater.

Option #3: Use a semicolon to indicate a close relationship between the two clauses.
Correct: I hope to go to the movies this weekend; there is a new one in the dollar
theater.
COMMA SPLICE RUN-ONS

HOW TO CORRECT COMMA SPLICE RUN-ONS


Incorrect: Swimming is good exercise, I do it every morning.

Option #1: Add coordinating conjunction after the comma.


Correct: Swimming is good exercise, so I do it every morning.

Option #2: Separate the clauses with a period.


Correct: Swimming is good exercise. I do it every morning.

Option #3: Use a semicolon to indicate a close relationship between the two clauses.
Correct: Swimming is good exercise; I do it every morning.

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