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October 4, 2010

__**Credit Reports, Job Applications, Resumes**__

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__**Run On Sentences & Comma Splices**__

Run-on sentences and comma splices are sentences made up of more than one independent clause. Run-ons and comma splices are a problem because the independent clauses in these sentences do not have correct grammar/punctuation connecting them.

A **comma splice** occurs when only a comma separates two independent sentences. A **run-on** (or fused) sentence occurs when no punctuation at all separates independent sentences.

Look at the following run-on sentences:

//We left home at 6 p.m. after the movie was done we got gas. (Did they leave home after the movie was done? Did they get gas after the movie was done?)//

//Marie went to the party before the dinner she got her coat. (Did she go to the party before the dinner? Did she get her coat before the dinner?)//

//Every night we watch a movie after we make popcorn we turn out the lights. (Do we watch a movie after we make popcorn? Do we turn out the lights after we make popcorn?)//

//His family moved to Lompoc after the big earthquake they moved to a different part of town. (Did he move to Lompoc after the big earthquake? Did they move to a different part of town after the earthquake?)//

//Practice with Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices//

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