RUN-ON SENTENCES/ COMMA SPLICES

1. RUN-ON SENTENCES/COMMA SPLICES By: Amy Piermarini

2. Run-on Sentences • A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined without punctuation (comma, semicolon) or conjunction (and, so). • Example: • The sun is high put on some sun block. • Correction: • The sun is high. Put on some sun block.

3. Run-on Sentences • A long sentence is not always a run-on. A Centerville man is dead and another person seriously injured after a rush-hour collision on Chester Street on Tuesday afternoon. • Run-ons can be as short as four words. • I walk she drives. • I walk. She drives.

4. Run-on Sentences It’snearlyhalfpast five wecannotreach townbeforedark. Is this a run-on sentence? Yes! How canwefixit?

5. Run-on Remedies • Use separate sentencesIt’snearlyhalfpast five. Wecannotreachtownbeforedark. • Use a semicolonIt’snearlyhalfpast five; wecannotreachtownbeforedark. • Use a conjunctionIt’snearly have past five, sowecannotreachtownbeforedark.

6. Run-on Sentences

7. Let’s Practice http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

8. Comma Splices • A comma spliceconnectstwoindependent clauses with ONLY a comma.Example:Somestudentsthinktheycanstudy for an important exam by cramming all night, they are probablyworng. • How do youfix a comma splice?

9. Comma Splice Correction • Use separate sentencesSomestudentsthinktheycanstudy for an important exam by cramming all night. They are probablywrong. • Use a semicolonSomestudentsthinktheycanstudy for an important exam by cramming all night; they are probablywrong. • Use a conjunctionSomestudentsthinktheycanstudy for an important exam by cramming all night, but they are probablywrong.

10. QUIZ TIME!