Power point for comm gsp project.
- 1. Run on Sentences ALSO CALLED A FUSED SENTENCE.
- 2. What is a run-on sentence A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are not joined correctly. An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. Example: I love to write papers I would write one everyday if I had the time.
- 3. How to identify a run-on sentence. • When a writer puts no mark of punctuation and no coordinating conjunction between independent clauses. • A comma splice is also a run-on sentence one way to identify a comma splice is when two or more independent clauses are joined by just a comma and no coordinating conjunction.
- 4. The different types of run-on sentences. The first one is called a Fused sentence which occurs when independent clauses run together with no marks of punctuation or coordinating conjunctions to separate them. The second one is called a comma splice which is when two or more independent clauses are joined only by a comma.
- 5. The first of the four ways to fix a run-on sentance. Use a period. Example: I love to write papers. I would write one every day if I had the time.
- 6. Does a run-on sentence have a specific length. NO IT DOES NOT A RUN-ON SENTENCE CAN EITHER BE VERY LONG OR VERY SHORT.
- 7. The second way of the four ways to fix a run-on sentence. • Use a semicolon • example: I love to write papers; I would write one everyday if I had the time.
- 8. The third of the four ways to fix a run-on sentence. Use a comma and coordinating conjunction. Example: I love to write papers, and I would write one everyday If I had the time.
- 9. The fourth of the four ways to fix a run-on sentence is. • Use a subordinating conjunction • Example: Because I love to write papers, I would write one everyday if I had the time.