Run-on sentences by Frank DeCew https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor SAT en-us 2019-01-07 18:19:34 UTC 2026-01-12 20:31:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png Definition of a Run-on Sentence 2020fdecew https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318021709 A run-on sentence is where two or more independent clauses (a complete sentence) are joined without correct punctuation.

*A complete sentence is made by having a subject and a verb.]]> 2019-01-07 18:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318021709 Comma Splice: Run-on 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318022924 It seemed to Wanda that her daughter had more than enough crayons, they were strewn across the bedroom floor and and some of them were broken, and, worse, someone had used the stub of a red crayon to mark a sinister smiley face on the wall. ]]> 2019-01-07 18:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318022924 Question 2020fdecew https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318025447  1)
In the following exercise, you will be presented with a series of sentences. Put a tick by the run-on sentences.

1 |  | a) | Greece is a fantastic country it has lovely people and great food.
 | b) | Despite a long flight, arriving in Athens is always a good feeling.
 | c) | She gave me a withering stare I was really scared.
 | d) | There is nothing better for a cold than a hot whisky and a big box of chocolates. 



2)
  | a) | Tim left his job because he could not stand his boss.
 | b) | Tim left his job he could not stand his boss.
 | c) | Tim left his job; he could not stand his boss.
 | d) | Tim left his job, as he could not stand his boss. 




]]> 2019-01-07 18:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318025447 Comma Splice: Corrected 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318026105 It seemed to Wanda that her daughter had more than enough crayons. They were strewn across the bedroom floor, and some of them were broken. Worse still, someone had used the stub of a red crayon to mark a sinister smiley face on the wall.]]> 2019-01-07 18:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318026105 2020fdecew https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318462300 ((a,c))]]> 2019-01-08 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318462300 2020fdecew https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318462352 2019-01-08 18:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318462352 Things To Remember 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318465737   Thoughts need to be in separate sentences, or a conjunction (e.g. and, but, if) needs to be used to separate them.  

Use a period; The easiest way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a period. This revision works especially well with longer sentences. 
Use commas or semicolons to separate ideas if a periods don't work.]]> 2019-01-08 18:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318465737 Example of Subordinating a Clause to Correct a Run-on Sentence 2020fdecew https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318467709 Run-on: Toni Morrison is a professor at Princeton University, she wrote the novel The Bluest Eye. 

Correction: Toni Morrison, a professor at Princeton University, wrote The Bluest Eye. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318467709 Types of Run-on Sentences 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318468245  Fused sentences and comma splices.]]> 2019-01-08 18:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318468245 Comma Splice: Definition 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318472188  A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined with a comma. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318472188 Fused Sentences 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318476441  A fused sentence is a type of run-on sentences in which two independent clauses are run together (or "fused") without an appropriate conjunction, or mark of punctuation between them, such as a semicolon or a period. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318476441 How to Fix fused sentences 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318477370
 fused sentences can be fixed seamlessly in several different ways: 

  • using a semicolon between the independent clauses 
  • by inserting a comma and a coordinating conjunction such as and, but, for, or, nor, so, and yet 
  • by breaking the line into two sentences 
  • using a semicolon plus a Conjunctive Adverb
]]> 2019-01-08 18:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318477370 Example: Fused Sentence 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318479761  Driving home from school, Brett vowed to protect the fragile ecosystem all the while the tires of his Cadillac Escalade flattened the toads hopping on the wet streets. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318479761 Fused Sentence: Corrected 2020mvanderford https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318480776 Driving home from school, Brett vowed to protect the fragile ecosystem, yet all the while the tires of his Cadillac Escalade flattened the toads hopping on the wet streets.]]> 2019-01-08 18:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2020fdecew/ahwm4fiv9tor/wish/318480776