Mastering Run-Ons and Comma Splices

Verb and Object

Predicate and Verb

Subject and Predicate

Subject and Object

A sentence with too many adjectives

Two or more sentences presented as one

A sentence with a missing predicate

A sentence with a missing subject

Dash

Comma

Semicolon

Colon

After 'falls'

After 'animals'

After 'desert'

After 'rain'

or

but

and

so

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

For, And, Not, But, Or, Yet, So

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yes, So

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, Since

Yet

Because

And

For

Adding a conjunction

Using a period

Adding just a comma

Using a semicolon

I love that story, I've read it three times.

I love that story and I've read it three times.

I love that story, so I've read it three times.

I love that story. I've read it three times.

An exclamation mark

A period

A conjunction

A semicolon