Title: Sentence Structure
1Sentence Structure
- Run together, Sentence Fragments and Complete
Sentences
2A simple sentence is an independent clause which
makes sense by itself
3A 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.
4Six 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
5Separate 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.
6Separate 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.
7Separate 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.
8Make one independent clause into a dependent
clause
- He hopes to learn Spanish because he needs to
before he moves to Florida.
9Separate 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.
10Separate 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.