Complete or Run-On Sentences
We went to Florida I saw my grandma.
Run-on
I saw a deer in the woods it had a white tail.
I saw a deer in the woods. It had a white tail.
I love that blue dress the color looks great on you.
add a semicolon after dress
My LA teacher wrote a book our library did not have a copy.
add the coordinating conjunction (but) and a comma
The books are on the table.
Complete sentence
Kayla bought a bathrobe for her brother as a birthday gift it was gray with burgundy stripes.
Kayla bought a bathrobe for her brother as a birthday gift. It was gray with burgundy stripes.
It's really hot today we're going to the ocean.
add a semicolon after today
Ford is an odd first name we did not choose it for our son.
add the coordinating conjunction (so) and a comma
Karen was playing loud music it woke the neighbors up.
run-on sentence
Do you like football my dad loves it.
Do you like football? My dad loves it.
I especially enjoy poetry by Emily Dickinson her poems are intense, concise, and revealing.
add a semicolon after Dickinson
Smoking cigarettes is not healthy it can cause lung cancer.
add the coordinate conjunction (and) and a comma
The dog ate his food then took a nap.
A complete sentence
Parking spaces on campus are limited often I must park far away and walk.
add a period after limited and than capitalize often
The bowling alley was not crowded most of the lanes were open.
add a semicolon after crowded
I may order Chinese food for dinner I may bake a chicken.
add the coordinating conjunction (or) and a comma
Yesterday I went to the zoo and my friend came along.
Run-on sentence
We rented Rocky to watch on the DVD player later we practiced boxing moves.
We rented Rocky to watch on the DVD player. Later we practiced boxing moves.
Swimming is an excellent form of exercise it gives you a good aerobic workout.
add a semicolon after exercise
I neither took out the trash vacuumed the floor.
add nor