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Run Ons

The document explains sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, highlighting their definitions and how to correct them. Sentence fragments are incomplete thoughts that cannot stand alone, while run-ons occur when independent clauses are improperly joined without punctuation. Comma splices are errors where two independent clauses are incorrectly connected by a comma, and the document provides examples and solutions for each type of error.

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Run Ons

The document explains sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, highlighting their definitions and how to correct them. Sentence fragments are incomplete thoughts that cannot stand alone, while run-ons occur when independent clauses are improperly joined without punctuation. Comma splices are errors where two independent clauses are incorrectly connected by a comma, and the document provides examples and solutions for each type of error.

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(sentence)Fragments

Run-ons, and Comma Splices


Sentence Fragments
• As the name indicates, it’s a piece/part of the
sentence – incomplete thought, idea
• Tells may be what happened but does not
include who, or we know who, but not the
particular happening
• They don’t tell the whole story
• It cannot stand on its own, but incorrectly ends
with a full stop.
The whole story. (subject)
• Fragment or a sentence
Began ten years ago.(predicate)

The whole story began ten years ago.


Underline part finishes the thought.
Practice
• In the wintertime.
• The winter is cold.

• Because it is such a beautiful evening.


• Because we had today off, we decided to go to the
park.

• I went to the baseball game.


• Instead of going to the baseball game.
Run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences are all names
given to compound sentences that are not punctuated
correctly. The best way to avoid such errors is to punctuate
compound sentences correctly.

1. Join the two independent clauses with one of the


coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet),
and use a comma before the connecting word.
_____________,and____________.

2. When you do not have a connecting word (or when you


use a connecting word other than and, but, for, or nor, so,
or yet between the two independent clauses) use a
semicolon (;).
____________;_______________.
Run ons
As the name indicates, sentences are in a hurry-no
stoppage.
Both independent clauses are joined without any
punctuation or conjunction
• We bought flowers we bought fruits.
This sentence can be fixed in certain ways
Through comma
Through semi colon.
• We bought flowers; we bought fruits.
• We bought flowers, and we bought fruits.
Comma Splice
Error that occurs when two independent clauses are
inappropriately joined by a comma

I love battle of five armies, its my favorite movie


from the hobbits trilogy.

Where is the comma splice?


How it can be fixed?
• The bear shook his fur, spraying water
everywhere.
• The bear shook his fur spraying water
everywhere.

• The underline fragment is dependent clause. It


cannot exist on its own.
• We use conjunctions when we are joining two
independent clauses
• Here comma is sufficient
I'm going to the store to buy apples.
I'm going to the store I need to buy apples.

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