EXERCISE 12. EACH OF THE FOLLOWING USES A VERBAL IN PLACE OF A VERB. R...
10. To apply for a part-time job in a fast-food restaurant.
Run-on Sentences
Writing sentence fragments is a serious error. Writing run-on sentences is an equally
serious error.
Question:What is a run-on sentence?
Answer:A run-on sentence is two or more sentences written as if they were
one sentence.
Sometimes sentences run on with no punctuation separating them, as in the first exam-
ple following. Sometimes, as in the second example, a comma is present, but a comma is
not strong enough to separate two complete sentences.
RUN
-
ON SENTENCE
: I enjoy computer games they keep me enter-
tained on rainy days.
SEPARATE SENTENCES
: I enjoy computer games. They keep me
(
CORRECT
) entertained on rainy days.
RUN
-
ON SENTENCE
: There was a loud splash, the dog had jumped
into the pool.
SEPARATE SENTENCES
: There was a loud splash. The dog had jumped
(
CORRECT