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http://homepages.uhwo.hawaii.edu Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices A run-on sentence results when two independent clauses are joined without a conjunction or without punctuation. A comma splice results when two independent clauses are mistakenly connected with a comma instead of being separated into two sentences or joined with a conjunction or a semicolon. Run-on sentences and comma splices should be avoided for the same reasons that sentence fragments should be avoided: they are hard to read, they confuse the reader, they suggest that you are careless, and they indicate that you do not know what a sentence is. Revising Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices There are several ways to revise run-on sentences and comma splices: by using a period between the independent clauses, by inserting a semicolon between the independent clauses, by placing a comma and a coordinating conjunction between the independent clauses, or by using a subordinating word to make an independent clause a dependent clause. For example: - Use a comma and a
coordinating conjunction (and, but, yet, nor, for, or, so) between independent clauses.
Example: The physicist Marie Curie discovered radium, and she won two Nobel Prizes. - Use a period or a semicolon
between the independent clauses.
Example: The physicist Marie Curie discovered radium. She won two Nobel Prizes. The physicist Marie Curie discovered radium; she won two Nobel Prizes. - Use a semicolon plus a
conjunctive adverb (also, furthermore, however, nevertheless, similarly, therefore, next, finally, indeed, certainly) or a transitional expression (as a result, in fact, at the same time, in conclusion) between the independent clauses.
Example: Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre, worked together at first; however, he died at age 47. - Revise one independent
clause into a dependent clause.
Example: Radium, which can cause cancer, is also used to cure cancer.
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