Identifying Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices

Two sentences joined by a semicolon

Two sentences joined by a period

Two sentences joined by a comma

Two sentences with no punctuation

Two sentences with no punctuation

Two sentences joined by a comma

Two sentences joined by a semicolon

Two sentences joined by a period

My father taught me to keep friends close. Then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close, then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close; then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close and then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close, then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close. Then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close; then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close then he told me to keep enemies closer.

Use a conjunction

Use a comma

Use a semicolon

Use a period

Moreover

And

Therefore

However

By placing it between two complete sentences

By placing it at the end of a sentence

By placing it before a conjunction

By placing it after a transitional word

My father taught me to keep friends close. Then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close and then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close, then he told me to keep enemies closer.

My father taught me to keep friends close; then he told me to keep enemies closer.

Using a conjunction

Using a period

Using a semicolon

Making one sentence a dependent clause

Using a period

Using a comma and conjunction

Using a colon

Using subordination