Grammar

American Literature
Mirror Poem
War of the Worlds

English Literature
Beocat Poem
Shakespeare's Plays
Wanderer Poem

Grammar
Dictionary
Form & Structure Classes
Morphology
Punctuation
Rules & Tests
Sentence Structures

Research Paper
Constructing a Thesis
Testing the Thesis
Outline Basics
Developing an Outline
So What Test

Index

Sentence Errors

Comma Splice

Results when two independent sentences are joined solely by a comma.

Incorrect: He is always boasting, no one seems to mind.
Correct: He is always boasting; no one seems to mind.
He is always boasting, but no one seems to mind.

Incorrect: Ted spoke, however, no one listened.
Correct: Ted spoke; however, no one listened.
Ted spoke. No one, however, listened.

Run-on Sentence

Is really two sentences without any punctuation or conjunction between them, is identical to the comma splice but without the comma.

Incorrect: He is always boasting no one seems to mind.
Correct: He is always boasting; no one seems to mind.
He is always boasting, but no one seems to mind.

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