Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Literacy Lesson - 22/01/13








RUN ON SENTENCES


Run on sentences are sentences that lack punctuation. They simply run into each other!

E.g. I rushed out to the shop I had no milk left.

Solutions:

1. Put in a full stop.
I rushed out to the shop. I had no milk left.

2. Use a semi-colon if there is a connection between the two sentences.
I rushed out to the shops; I had no milk left.

3. Insert a connective to make a complex sentence.
I rushed out to the shop because I had no milk left.

Although it may be obvious in this simple example, it is easy to get carried away when writing an essay and end up with too many run-on sentences!