True or false: Comma splices are two independent clauses joined ONLY by a comma (there is not a conjunction)
True
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Define Run-Ons
When a writer joins the two independent clauses without any punctuation at all.
100
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb is called a __________.
What is a clause?
100
A noun is a...
Person, Place, or thing
200
How do you correct fragments?
Remove the period between the fragment and main clause.
Some other punctuation may need to be added to the new combined sentence.
200
Define Comma Splices
Occur when writers combine two (or more) complete thoughts (independent clauses) incorrectly.
200
Repair the following run-on: Folic acid appears to exert a protective effect for example, one study showed that it cut the rate of neural tube defects by two-thirds.
Folic acid appears to exert a protective effect. For example, one study showed that it cut the rate of neural tube defects by two-thirds.
200
Two independent clauses
What is a compound sentence?
200
A word that describes a verb is called an ___.
What is an adverb?
300
In order for a dependent clause to be used correctly in a sentence, it must have this...
What is an independent clause?
300
How do you fix a comma splice?
Add in a conjunction to the sentence OR change the comma to a semicolon (or a period would also work)
300
What is the relationship between comma splices and run-ons?
You fix run-ons the same way you fix comma splices: insert a comma and a conjunction, or insert a semicolon, or insert a period
300
a comma and a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon, or a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb
What are three ways of joining independent clauses?
300
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So (fanboys)
What are coordinating conjunctions?
400
What punctuation must follow a subordinate clause if it is used at the beginning of the sentence?
What is a comma?
400
Fix the following Comma Splice: After the sixth inning, I went home, my family stayed.
After the sixth inning, I went home. My family stayed.
400
Correct or incorrect: People already believed the precious metals to be divine so their use in money intensified its allure.
Incorrect
*divine, so
400
Words like "because, "if," "as," "when"
What are examples of subordinating conjunctions?
400
Name 4 Linking/being Verbs.
(answers will vary) feel, seem, smells, sounds, be (is, are, was, were, am, become), appear, etc.
500
After the storm; the woman hung out her laundry.
The part of the word group that is a fragment.
What is "After the storm"
500
How do you AVOID comma splices?
When using a comma, pay attention to the clauses you are connecting.
500
True or False - The length of the sentence determines whether or not the sentence is a run-on sentence.
False - The length DOES NOT determine whether a sentence is a run-on or not.
500
contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence?
500
She enjoys hiking in the mountains.
"in the mountains" is a what?