1.2 Run-on Sentences: Introduction

1.2 Run-on Sentences: Introduction

Adding on Without Running on

Multiple Choice

Take a look at this example of a sentence that adds on without running on. Notice the pattern it follows. In this sentence, what is the core sentence (independent clause)?

George sleeps on the couch, stretching his little paws out every once in while.

• stretching his little paws out every once in a while

• George

• George sleeps on the couch

• sleeps

Multiple Choice

Take a look at this example of a sentence that adds on without running on. Notice the pattern it follows. In this sentence, what is the dependent(s) (additions attached and grouped with commas)?

George sleeps on the couch, stretching his little paws out every once in while.

• George sleeps on the couch

• sleeps

• stretching his little paws out every once in while

• George

Multiple Choice

Take a look at this example of a sentence that adds on without running on. Notice the pattern it follows. Why is there a comma after "George sleeps on the couch"?

• There is a comma at that moment of the sentence because the writer adds a dependent to the core sentence (independent clause), and when writers do this, a comma is necessary.

• There is a comma at that moment of the sentence because the writer adds another core sentence to the core sentence (independent clause), and when writers do this, a comma is necessary.

• There is no need for a comma at that moment in the sentence; the comma should be removed.