Grammar Bellringer # 14 Correcting Run-Ons & Comma Splices.

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Grammar Bellringer # 14 Correcting Run-Ons & Comma Splices

Common Transition Words also however therefore nevertheless nonetheless moreover furthermore

Coordinating Conjunctions But Or Yet So For And Nor

3 WAYS TO CORRECT 1)Separate the run-on into 2 sentences Ex. My family will travel to Texas. We want to fly. 2.) Separate the run-on into 2 sentences and place a comma (, ) with a coordinating conjunction (BOYS FAN) that follows Ex. My family will travel to Texas, and we want to fly.

3. Semicolon: 2 ways to use- (1) Separate the run-on into 2 sentences with a semicolon ( ; ) (2) Separate the run-on into 2 sentences with a semicolon (;) and place a transition word with a comma after Ex.1 My family will travel to Texas; we want to fly. Ex.2 My family will travel to Texas; also, we want to fly.

PRACTICE Directions: (1) Copy each of the following onto your paper. (2) State whether the following are sentences, run-ons, or comma splices. (3) Correct the following using all three ways. 1.We wished we could go to the party, our parents decided against it. 2. The girls and boys gathered to the room to sing to their friend the parents were taking pictures.