

Identify and Correcting Run-on Sentences
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Dionna Smith
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Identify and Correcting Run-on Sentences
A run-on sentence is made up of two or more complete thoughts joined incorrectly. Strong writers avoid using run-on sentences because they are difficult for readers to follow.

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Run-on Sentence
There are several devasting effects of drought hunger and poor water quality are two.
To correct a run sentence, separate the complete thoughts into two complete sentences.
There are several devasting effects of drought. Hunger and poor water quality are two.
Another way to correct a run-on sentence is to add a comma and a conjunction like and, but, or so.
There are several devasting effects of drought and hunger and poor water quality are two.
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Writing Conventions
(1) Safe drinking water has no nutritional value, it is essential to human life. (2) Access to freshwater has improved in many parts of the world, _____ about one billion people still don't have enough. (3) Our water problems need to be solved the solutions won't be easy. (4) Nations that have lots of water should share with nations that have little. (5) The countries of the world need to work together __ this is a global problem. (6) Turning saltwater into freshwater is a good idea everyone agrees. (7) We think of ourselves as global citizens, then we can solve our problems.
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Writing Conventions
(1) Safe drinking water has no nutritional value, it is essential to human life. (2) Access to freshwater has improved in many parts of the world, _____ about one billion people still don't have enough. (3) Our water problems need to be solved the solutions won't be easy. (4) Nations that have lots of water should share with nations that have little. (5) The countries of the world need to work together __ this is a global problem. (6) Turning saltwater into freshwater is a good idea everyone agrees. (7) We think of ourselves as global citizens, then we can solve our problems.
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Multiple Choice
Which is the best way to write sentence 1?
(1) Safe drinking water has no nutritional value, it is essential to human life.
A Although safe drinking water has no nutritional value, it is essential to human life.
Safe drinking water has no nutritional value and it is essential to human life.ential to human life.
life.
Safe drinking water has no nutritional value and it is essential to human life.
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Open Ended
Which is the best way to write sentence 1?
(1) Safe drinking water has no nutritional value, it is essential to human life.
This sentence needs a transition at the beginning to introduce it and a common to emphasize how it is essential.
Although safe drinking water has no nutritional value, it is essential to human life.
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Multiple Choice
Which word best fits in the blank in sentence 2?
(2) Access to freshwater has improved many parts of the world, __ about one billion people still don't have enough.
but
after
finally
before
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Multiple Choice
Which is the best way
to write sentence 3?
(3) Our water problems need to be solved the solution won't be easy.
Our water problems need to be solved and you know what, the solutions won’t be easy.
Our water problems need to be solved and finally, the solutions won’t be easy.
Our water problems need to be solved; the solutions won’t be easy.
Correct as is
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Multiple Choice
Which word best fits in the blank in sentence 5?
(5) The countries of the world need to work together ____.
if
anyway
with
because
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Multiple Choice
Which is the best way
to write sentence 6?
Turning saltwater into freshwater is a good idea since everyone agrees.
Turning saltwater into freshwater is a good idea, everyone agrees.
Everyone agrees that turning saltwater into freshwater is a good idea.
Correct as is
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Multiple Choice
How should
sentence 7 be revised?
(7) We think of ourselves as global citizens, then we can solve our problems.
We think of ourselves as global citizens because we can solve our problems.
If we think of ourselves as global citizens, then we can solve our problems.
We think of ourselves as global citizens; then we can solve our problems.
Although we think of ourselves as global citizens, then we can solve our problems.
Identify and Correcting Run-on Sentences
A run-on sentence is made up of two or more complete thoughts joined incorrectly. Strong writers avoid using run-on sentences because they are difficult for readers to follow.

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