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Title: Sentence Structure


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Sentence Structure
  • Run together, Sentence Fragments and Complete
    Sentences

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A simple sentence is an independent clause which
makes sense by itself
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A run together sentence is an incorrectly
punctuated group of words. Run ons generally have
two independent clauses separated only by a comma
  • He hopes to learn Spanish, he needs to before he
    moves to Florida.

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Six ways to correct run together sentences
  • Separate the two independent clauses with an end
    mark ( a period, exclamation or question mark)
    and capitalize the first word of the new
    sentences.
  • Separate two independent clauses by using a comma
    and coordinating conjunction
  • Separate the two independent clauses with a
    semi-colon if the ideas expressed are closely
    related
  • Make one independent clause into a dependent
    clause
  • Separate two independent clauses with a colon if
    the second independent clause restates the first
    independent clause
  • Separate the two independent clauses with a
    semi-colon, conjunctive adverb, comma

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Separate the two independent clauses with an end
mark ( a period, exclamation or question mark)
and capitalize the first word of the new
sentences.
  • He hopes to learn Spanish. He needs to before he
    moves to Florida.

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Separate two independent clauses by using a comma
and coordinating conjunction
  • He hopes to attend Notre Dame, but at the moment
    he is enrolled at Northwestern.

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Separate the two independent clauses with a
semi-colon if the ideas expressed are closely
related
  • He hopes to learn Spanish he needs to before he
    moves to Florida.

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Make one independent clause into a dependent
clause
  • He hopes to learn Spanish because he needs to
    before he moves to Florida.

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Separate two independent clauses with a colon if
the second independent clause restates the first
independent clause
  • The lamps were a great purchase they were cheap,
    easy to clean and the perfect color.

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Separate the two independent clauses with a
semi-colon, conjunctive adverb, comma
  • He hopes to learn Spanish, in fact, he needs to
    before he moves to Florida.
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