Sentence Fragments/Complete Sentences
Independent Clause:
Sentence or complete thought
Dependant Clause:
Subordinate Conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as though, because, before, except, if, since, though, unless, until, when, whereas
- Run-on Sentences
Run-on sentences usually occur as comma splices or fused sentences. A fused sentence occurs when independent clauses are joined with no punctuation. A comma splice occurs when a comma joins two independent clauses.
An independent clause is a sentence. It can stand alone and make sense.
Conjunctions: FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
- Capitalization/Punctuation
Use a comma to set off two or more introductory prepositional phrases (prepositions-often give us more information about time, place, and movement: in, before, after, at, down, across, inside, out, outside, for, by, on, between, behind, under, around, against, near, through, throughout), when the prepositional phrase is very long (four words or more), or when a comma is needed to make the meaning clear.
Use semicolons to separate independent clauses that are brief and closely related. This works best with cause and effect information. (Kristi’s skating routine is the best; she won six gold medals. It rained all day; our picnic was cancelled.)
Use semicolons instead of commas between items in a series if the items themselves contain commas. (Next week the President will visit Norfolk, Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio, and San Antonio, Texas.)
- He has a bike too, He has two bikes, To get a bike he needs to save money
- Hes greater than me at basketball, To determine who’s better lets play then
- We were at the gym, Where are you
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