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    This document provides instructions on how to identify and correct run-on sentences. It explains that a run-on sentence is when two independent clauses are joined incorrectly without proper punctuation or conjunction. The document then lists the three ways to fix a run-on sentence: 1) dividing the sentences with a period, 2) dividing with a semicolon, or 3) dividing with a comma and conjunction. The reader is then prompted to identify a run-on sentence example and rewrite it correctly using one of the listed "cures."

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    This document provides instructions on how to identify and correct run-on sentences. It explains that a run-on sentence is when two independent clauses are joined incorrectly without proper punctuation or conjunction. The document then lists the three ways to fix a run-on sentence: 1) dividing the sentences with a period, 2) dividing with a semicolon, or 3) dividing with a comma and conjunction. The reader is then prompted to identify a run-on sentence example and rewrite it correctly using one of the listed "cures."

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    Run On Sentence Cure

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    This document provides instructions on how to identify and correct run-on sentences. It explains that a run-on sentence is when two independent clauses are joined incorrectly without proper punctuation or conjunction. The document then lists the three ways to fix a run-on sentence: 1) dividing the sentences with a period, 2) dividing with a semicolon, or 3) dividing with a comma and conjunction. The reader is then prompted to identify a run-on sentence example and rewrite it correctly using one of the listed "cures."

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    Name____________________Date________________Block________________

    How to “Cure” a Run-On Sentence


    # 1 First, familiarize yourself with the definition of a run-on sentence.

    Definition of run-on sentence

    # 2 Second, locate the run-on sentence.


    For example, which of the following is a run-on?
    Mary went to the prom and saw her old boyfriend with another girl.
    The prom was held at the Von Braun everyone who attended it had trouble parking.
    # 3 Familiarize yourself with the three ways to “cure” a run-on.

    #1 Divide sentences with F


    ___________________ A
    ___________________ N
    #2 Divide sentences with
    ___________________ B
    ___________________ O
    #3 Divide sentences with Y
    ___________________
    S
    ___________________
    # 4 Rewrite the sentence using one of the “cures” listed below.
    ________________________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________________________

    Congratulations! You are now a qualified Doctor of Run-On Medicine. Dr. _______________________(your signature)

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