2. These are independent clauses that have been combined
incorrectly. Run On Sentences Song (Run-On Sentences by
Melissa)(1).mp4 3. 1. And run-on sentences 2. Fused run-on
sentences 3. Comma Splice sentences 4. Two or more long or short
independent clauses connected with a coordinating conjunction
without any punctuation. Example: I met Charlie in a yoga class at
the YWCA and we soon became friends. I met Charlie in a yoga class
at the YWCA. We soon became friends. 5. Two or more independent
clauses run together without any punctuation. Example: I met
Charlie in a yoga class at the YWCA we soon became friends. 6. Two
or more independent clauses run together with only a comma.
Example: I met Charlie in a yoga class at the YWCA, we soon became
friends. 7. Add a period: I met Charlie in a yoga class at the
YWCA. We soon became friends. Add a semicolon: I met Charlie in a
yoga class at the YWCA; we soon became friends. Add a conjunctive
adverb: I met Charlie in a yoga class at the YWCA; indeed, we soon
became friends. 8. Add a subordinating conjunction: Soon after I
met Charlie in a yoga class at the YWCA, we became friends. OR
Charlie and I became friends soon after we met in a yoga class at
the YWCA. Add a coordinating conjunction: I met Charlie in a yoga
class at the YWCA, and we soon became friends. 9. What is a
fragment? A fragment is simply just a piece of a a sentence 10.
There are three types: 1.One or more phrases 2.One or more
dependent clauses 3.A combination of phrases and dependent clauses
11. Examples: 1. I sat down. In the bus. 2. I love to teach. In
this class. 12. There are two ways to correct this type: Revision
A) The phrase might belong to the sentence that comes before it or
after it. All you have to do is remove the period and put the two
sentences together. Examples: I sat down in the bus. I love to
teach in this class. or 13. Revision B) You might need to compose
an independent clause to which the phrase will be added. Example: I
sat down. Forty other screaming kids were already in the bus. 14.
Example: As I sat down 15. There are three ways to correct this
type: Revision A) The dependent clause might belong to the sentence
that comes before or after it. Example: As I sat down, Howard, the
school bully, came and sat down beside me. OR 16. Revision B) You
might need to compose an independent clause to add to the dependent
clause. Example: As I sat down, my worst fears were realized.
Howard, the school bully, sat down beside me. OR 17. Revision C)
You might omit the subordinate conjunction, thereby leaving an
independent clause. Example: Remove the (as)- I sat down. Howard,
the school bully, came and sat down beside me. 18. Example: As I
sat down in the school bus that was filled with screaming kids. 19.
There are two ways to correct this type: Revision A) You need an
independent clause. You might change a dependent clause to an
independent clause by dropping the subordinate conjunction.
Example: As I sat down in the school bus that was filled with
screaming kids. OR 20. Revision B) You need an independent clause.
You might add an independent clause. Example: As I sat down in the
school bus that was filled with screaming kids, Howard, the school
bully, came and sat down beside me.
