Sentence Fluency

Combining Sentences

We learned that good writers use a variety of short & long sentences.

Sometimes, sentences that are too long can be a problem.

These sentences are called

RUN ON SENTENCES!

A run-on sentence is 2 sentences joined together without any punctuation.

Avoid long rambling sentences with too many ands or buts.

Fix a rambling sentence by breaking it into smaller sentence.

Fix these run on sentences:

Have you seen my dollar it is missing.Have you seen my dollar? It is missing.

I thought I dropped it, here it is.

I thought I dropped it. Here it is.I thought I dropped it, but here is missing.

Where will it be safe I always lose things!

Where will it be safe? I always lose things!