English
Run on sentence
• Definition:
• “It occurs when two or more independent clauses are
not joined correctly or not joined with proper
conjunction or punctuation.”
• A run on sentence is poor grammer. It exists when two
independent clauses are joined incorrectly.
• More than one independent clause can not exist in
sentence unless they are properly combined.
• Example:
• I have to go to store I need to buy milk.
• We are going to the game, then we are going to dinner.
Types of run on sentence
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Fused sentence
Comma splice
Fused sentence:
It occurs when independent clauses are joined
with no marks of punctuation or conjunction.
• Example:
• My professor read my paper he said it was
excellent.
• Comma Splice:
• When two independent clauses are joined by
comma, it is said to be comma splice.
• Example:
• I woke up, I ate breakfast.
Fixing Run on sentence
• Using comma and coordinating conjunction
(Fan boys):
• When we join two independent clauses by
coordinating conjunction palce a comma
before conjunction.
• Run on:
• I went to the library to do some research then
I went to my class room to write the paper.
• Correction:
• I went to the library to do some research, and
then I went to class room to write the paper.
Fixing the run on sentence
• Using semicolon:
• We can use semi colon to separate two
independent clauses.
• Run on:
Some students think that they can study for
exam by cramming all night they are probably
wrong.
Correction:
Some students think that they can study for
exam by cramming all night; they are probably
wrong.
Fixing Run on sentence
• Add a period:
• Run on:
• I love to write papers I would write one
everyday if I had the time.
• Correction:
• I love to write papers.I would write one
everyday if I had the time.