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Run-ons…

Run-ons…. must be fixed!. What is a Run-on?. 2 types of run-on sentences: Fused sentence – 2 complete thoughts put (fused) together with no punctuation Boo Radley ate an octupus he is sick. Comma Splice – 2 thoughts separated only by a comma

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Run-ons…

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  1. Run-ons… must be fixed!

  2. What is a Run-on? • 2 types of run-on sentences: • Fused sentence – 2 complete thoughts put (fused) together with no punctuation • Boo Radley ate an octupus he is sick. • Comma Splice – 2 thoughts separated only by a comma • Boo Radley ate an octupus, he is sick. • NOW, LET’S FIX SOME RUN-ONS!!! But, before we do…

  3. Boozer and his Octupus…before he ate it

  4. …after boo ate him 

  5. The insidious boo radley

  6. 5 ways to fix run-ons • Make 2 sentences. • Run-on: Boo Radley ate an octupus he is sick. • Correction: Boo Radley ate an octupus. He is sick.

  7. 5 ways to correct run-ons • 2. Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction. • for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so • Run-on: Boo Radley ate an octupus he is sick. • Correction: Boo Radley is sick, for he ate an octupus. • Notice the complete thoughts have changed places. Changing the order of information is acceptable as long as you keep the same information in the corrected sentence.

  8. 5 ways to correct a run-on • 3. Change one of the independent clauses to a subordinate clause. Use subordinating conjunctions: because, after, since, before, until, if, that, when, etc. • Run-on: Boo Radley ate an octupus, he is sick. • Correction: Because Boo Radley ate an octupus, he is sick. • OR • Boo Radley is sick because he ate an octopus.

  9. 5 ways to correct run-ons • 4. Use a semicolon. • Run-on: Boo Radley ate an octopus, he is sick. • Correction: Boo Radley ate an octopus; he is sick. • Note on semicolons: Don’t overuse semicolons to join sentences. The two sentences joined by a semicolon must be closely related.

  10. 5 ways to correct run-ons • 5. Use a semicolon, conjunctive adverb, and a comma. • Run-on: Boo Radley ate an octopus he is sick. • Correction: Boo Radley ate an octopus; therefore, he is sick. • Boo Radley ate an octopus; consequently, he is sick.

  11. Now, it’s your turn… • Correct the following run-on in 5 different ways: • Ms. Taylor took him to the vet, he is well now.

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