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Grammar: Run-on Sentences


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Grammar: Run-on Sentences

Grammar card titled Run-On Sentences. When two complete sentences run together without punctuation, it is called a run-on sentence. A run-on sentence can be fixed by separating the complete sentences with punctuation. Example of Run-On Sentence: I went to a museum my sister went to the movies. Fixing a Run-On Sentence: I went to a museum. My sister went to the movies. Add a period after museum and capitalize the first word, My, of the new sentence.

A complete simple sentence tells a complete thought. It has a subject, or naming part, and a predicate, or action part.

Sometimes writers run two sentences together without using punctuation. This is called a run-on sentence.

There are two complete thoughts in the example run-on sentence in the graphic, which means there are two sentences. The sentences were not separated by punctuation.

To fix the sentence, write:

I went to a museum. My sister went to the movies.

We had to add a period after museum and a capital letter to my to start the new sentence.