Correcting Run-On Sentences

Correcting Run-On Sentences What is a run-on sentence? How to fix a run-on sentence Separate sentences Compound sentences Review A Review B What is a run-on sentence? Jesse just got back his essay and is reading his teacher’s comments Content? “Great!” Organization? “Clear.” Areas for improvement? “Work on eliminating run-on sentences.” What should Jesse to revise his paper? Where should he start? What is a run-on sentence? A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences run together as one Run-on sentences can be confusing because they not show where one idea ends and another one begins EXAMPLES Reading is important textbooks help students learn Schools today usually have books for every student, most schools also have televisions and computers What is a run-on sentence? Where are the complete sentences in the examples below? Reading is important textbooks help students learn Schools today usually have books for every student, most schools also have televisions and computers What is a run-on sentence? Reading is important textbooks help students learn This run-on sentence is an example of a fused sentence There is no punctuation between the two sentences Sentence Sentence What is a run-on sentence? Schools today usually have books for every student, most schools also have televisions and computers This run-on sentence is an example of a comma splice There is only a comma between the two sentences Sentence , Sentence What is a run-on sentence? On Your Own Identify the following items as correct sentences (C) or runons (R) Be prepared to explain your answers _ Movie theaters opened in the early 1900s They played short films _ Many films take years to make they require the skills of hundreds of workers _ Thomas Edison worked with George Eastman, another inventor, to make roll film Eastman is now remembered for his contributions to filmmaking [End of Section] How to fix a run-on sentence To fix a run-on sentence, you need to one of two things: Cut it apart OR Join it properly How to fix a run-on sentence How you revise a run-on sentence depends upon the relationship you want to show between the ideas IF Ideas are NOT closely related Ideas ARE closely related AND Ideas ARE equally important THEN Make two sentences Make a compound sentence How to fix a run-on sentence Separate sentences Strategy 1: Make Two Sentences Break a run-on into two separate sentences when • the ideas are not closely related or • at least one sentence is long or complex or • separate sentences flow better in the paragraph in which they appear During the Civil War, female nurses were very brave for Forinstance instance,they theyrisked riskedtheir theirlives livescarrying carryingsupplies suppliesto military hospitals to military hospitals