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introducing Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

Unit 1 Week 5. introducing Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices. Run-on Sentences. Run-on sentence – results when two main or independent clauses are joined without correct punctuation or a correct coordinating conjunction A run-on sentence can contain

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introducing Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

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  1. Unit 1 Week 5 introducingRun-on Sentences and Comma Splices

  2. Run-on Sentences

  3. Run-on sentence – results when two main or independent clauses are joined without correct punctuation or a correct coordinating conjunction • A run-on sentence can contain • Two main clauses separated only by a comma or no punctuation • Ex. I saw the hawk, it circled overhead. The bird flew to the feeder and it ate all the seed. • Two main clauses with no comma before the coordinating conjunction • Ex. The dog was panting and it was in distress. • Discuss run-on sentences using page 453 of the Grammar Handbook. DAY 1

  4. Comma splices

  5. comma splice - the use of a comma in a run-on sentence that has two main clauses Ex. My sister went to the beach, she rode her bicycle there. To correct a comma splice, replace the comma with a period and create two sentences. Ex. My sister went to the beach. She rode her bicycle there. DAY 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFMhbxAv-Hk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-hhC_hXyM

  6. Mechanics and Usage:Correcting Run-on Sentences

  7. Divide the run-on sentence into two sentences. • Change the run-on sentence to a compound sentence connected by a comma and a coordinating conjunction. • Insert a semicolon or a conjunction into the run-on sentence. • Refer to page 453 of your Grammar Handbook. DAY 3

  8. Proofread

  9. I swam in the ocean for hours, I came home and slept like a baby. I don’t know what kind of bicycle to get there are so many different choices. The best type of bicycle is a mountain bike, I can’t really afford it. Ursula wrote a fantasy about a talking dog and then she changed the character to a pig. DAY 4

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