Title: Ways to Avoid Run-on Sentences
1Ways to Avoid Run-on Sentences
Learn the Pattern
Apply the Example
2Sentence Comma/Conjunction Sentence
(and, but, nor, or, for, so, yet)
so
,
we stayed inside.
It rained all day
It rained all day, so we stayed inside.
3 Sent. Semicolon/Conjunctive /Comma
Sent. Adverb
(therefore, however, nevertheless,
accordingly, consequently, then,
still)
It rained all day
we stayed inside.
therefore
,
It rained all day therefore, we stayed inside.
4Sentence Semicolon Sentence
It rained all day
we stayed inside.
It rained all day we stayed inside.
5 Fragment/Intro. Comma Sentence
(before, when, because, after,
since, until)
Because it rained all day
we stayed inside.
,
Because it rained all day, we stayed inside.
6 Sentence Fragment/Conclusion
(before, when, because,
after, since, until)
We stayed inside
because it rained all day.
We stayed inside because it rained all day.
7 Sentence Sentence
(Capital Letter) Period
(Capital Letter) Period
It rained all day.
We stayed inside.
Avoid short, choppy sentences!!!! Use this type
of sentence for a dramatic effect in your writing.
8It rained all day, so we stayed inside.
It rained all day therefore, we stayed inside.
It rained all day we stayed inside.
Because it rained all day, we stayed inside.
We stayed inside because it rained all day.
It rained all day.
We stayed inside.