Run-on Sentences
You may have a run-on sentence. Run-on sentences happen when we join two sentences together without a conjunction or the correct punctuation. Run-on sentences can be very confusing to read. Here is an example: My sister loves to dance she is very good at it.
There are several ways to correct run-on sentences:
1. Divide the run-on sentence into two separate sentences.
Run-on sentence: My sister loves to dance she is very good at it. Corrected sentence: My sister loves to dance. She is very good at it.
Run-on sentence: Jim showed us his ticket someone gave it to him. Corrected sentence: Jim showed us his ticket. Someone gave it to him.
2. Connect the parts of the run-on sentence with a coordinating conjunction and a
comma. These are the most common coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for,
nor, or, so, yet. |
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