SENTENCE ERRORS:

 

·      This type of Run-On has  2 INDEPENDENT CLAUSES fused without proper punctuation

·       The popular country singer had emergency surgery he cancelled the show at the state fair.

 

a) simply supply the proper punctuation:

·       The popular country singer had emergency surgery; he cancelled the show at the state fair. (semicolon used to join 2 independent clauses)

·       The popular country singer had emergency surgery, so he cancelled the show at the state fair. (comma and coordinating conjunction—“coordination”)

 

b) transform one of the sentences into a Dependent Clause via “subordination”:

·       Because the popular country singer had emergency surgery, he cancelled the show at the state fair.

     

     c) rewrite the whole mess:

·       The popular country singer cancelled the show at the state fair because he had emergency surgery.

 

·       This type of Run-On has 3 or more independent clauses joined together.

·       No more than 2 independent clauses can form a single sentence.

·       I went to the video store and I selected three movies and I looked at the video games, too.

 

a) simply keep 2 IC together and punctuate the third as its own sentence.

·       If 2 = good BUT 3 or more = bad, then simply get rid of 1.

·       I went to the video store, and I selected three movies.  I looked at the video games, too.

b) transform one of the IC into a DC through subordination.

·       When I went to the video store, I selected three movies, and I looked at the video games, too.

c) rewrite the whole mess, combining ideas.

·       When I went to the video store, I selected three movies and looked at the video games.

 

II. SO, HOW DO I FIX IT?!