Definitions
Long sentences with too many thoughts integrated. Proper punctuation and coordinating conjunctions are used to correct the errors.
What is Run-On Sentences
Reword the sentence without the run-on
"I have played basketball since elementary school it makes me happier than anything."
I have played basketball since elementary school. It makes me happier than anything.
Reasoning: Both sentences are complete sentences and should not be connected.
Fix the error:
I would always read a story with my mother before bed. As well as whenever I was not outside due to the weather, which was quite often due to living in Upstate New York.
Corrected: I would always read a story with my mother before bed, as well as whenever I was not outside due to the weather. This was quite often due to living in Upstate New York.
Explanation: To fix this sentence I added a comma where the period is after bed and a period where the comma is after weather. Then I changed which to this in order to make a complete thought.
Fix the following sentence:
Jerry spent so much time on his painting his shoulder is aching today.
Corrected: Jerry spent so much time on his painting; consequently, his shoulder is aching today.
Explanation: To fix this sentence I added a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb, consequently. This brings the two sentences together.
Turn this from active to passive voice
"Monkeys adore bananas."
Bananas are adored by monkeys.
bananas (object) by (preposition) + monkeys (subject).
The correct punctuation that can combine two full complete sentences
What is Semicolons
Reword the run on:
As a school-aged child my teachers would always comment about how much I loved to read.
Corrected: As a school-aged child, and my teachers would always comment about how much I loved to read.
Reasoning: To fix this sentence, add a comma after "child" and insert the word and after the comma. You would then be joining two independent clauses with a comma and conjunction.
Acronym to remember what to put after a comma
FANBOYS
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Fix the sentence with the usage of a semicolon
"I have one goal to find her."
I have one goal; to find her.
True or false: The phrase below is an example of passive voice
"The squirrel was chased by the dog."
True
Two or more sentences written as if they're one with a punctuation mark, a comma, between the sentences
What is a comma splice
Fix the sentence:
I was too tired to do my homework I worked all day.
Corrected: I was too tired to do my homework; I worked all day.
Explanation: To fix this sentence, add a semicolon after the "homework." A semicolon joins the two related sentences.
Spot the error:
The game did not end well, the players did not play sufficiently.
The comma is not needed, it could be formed into two sentences
What is the main difference between semi-colons and colons
A semicolon separates two different clauses, a colon defines and explains, for instance, explaining something to a reader before the colon, then sharing what that is specifically after.
Which of the two, active or passive gains more clarity? And why?
(passive) A new system of drug control laws was set up.
(active) The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party set up a new system of drug control laws.
Active, because it is able to specify who or what is doing the action. With the passive voice you may ask (whom?)
When a group of words is missing a noun, idea, or verb to complete the sentence
What is a sentence fragment
What should a comma NEVER separate
A subject from its verb
A verb from the direct object.
When a sentence emphasizes the object or action rather than its subject.
What is passive voice
The three fixes to a comma splice