How Do You Fix A Run-On Sentence?
Run-on sentences are very common errors for today’s students. A run-on sentence is one in which two or more independent clauses (clauses that can stand alone as sentences) are placed together without the proper use of punctuation or conjunctions. Example: Boys run fast old men walk slowly. A special type of run-on error, called a comma splice, occurs when two independent clauses are placed together, separated only by a comma. Example: Boys run fast, old men walk slowly. The following techniques can be used to correct a run-on sentence or comma splice. Step 1 Separate the run-on into two separate sentences with the use of a period. Example: Boys run fast. Old men walk slowly. Step 2 Use a coordinating conjunction (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) to connect the independent clauses. Example: Boys run fast, but old men walk slowly. Step 3 Utilize a semi-colon between two independent clauses that are related. Boys run fast; old men walk slowly. Step 4 Turn one of the independent clauses in
