RUN-ON SENTENCES

A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction.

This is a run-on sentence.

False. A run-on sentence often requires a conjunction or a period to separate the clauses.

A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is missing either a subject or a verb.

This is a fragment.

A complete sentence contains a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

This is a complete sentence.

A run-on sentence contains two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation, while a fragment is an incomplete sentence that lacks a subject or verb.

You can correct a run-on sentence by using a period, a semicolon, or a conjunction to separate the independent clauses.

An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence because it has a subject and a verb.