Rams Write: Run-on Sentences

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Run-on Examples Explained

This website describes the different types of run-on sentences and why they are or aren't correct, as well as how to fix them.

Run-on Sentences and Sentence Fragments

This website depicts examples of run-on sentences and sentence fragments. It also describes what  examples of "bad" run-on sentences are and how to correct them.

Example 1

Incorrect: We are going to the park, then we are going to dance.

Correct: We are going to the park. Then we are going to dance.

Clause One: We are going to the park.

Clause Two: Then we are going to dance.

Explanation: Here, there are two independent clauses joined by only a comma. This is an example of a run-on that is also a comma splice.

Example 2

Incorrect: I love to go out on Fridays it’s always cold in Boston around this time of year.

Correct: I love to go out on Fridays. It's always cold in Boston around this time of year.

Clause One: I love to go out on Fridays.

Clause Two: It’s always cold in Boston around this time of year.

Explanation: Here, there are two independent clauses strung together without punctuation. We fixed the run-on by breaking it into two sentences.

Example 3

Incorrect: George Orwell wrote the novel 1984, he is an author, essayist, journalist, novelist, and critic.

Clause One: George Orwell wrote the novel 1984.

Clause Two: He is an author.

Correct: George Orwell wrote the novel 1984, and was also an essayist, journalist, novelist, and critic.

Explanation: The first sentence was a comma splice, two independent clauses linked with only a comma. We fixed this by adding the coordinating conjunction "and." We also cut back on repetition by not saying "author" a second time in our revision. The fact that Orwell wrote a novel implies that he is an author, so mentioning it again is redundant.

Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

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