Thursday, 6 May 2010

The Run-on sentence exercise

Dear all,

Just to clarify what you have to do, here goes an example and a definition.

A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are written one after another with no punctuation. A comma splice is when two independent clauses are incorrectly joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction (adapted from Oshima, A & Hogue A. (2006). Writing Academic English. Pearson Longman.)

Example: 1. A newly arrived international student faces several challenges. For example, he or she has to cope with a new culture.

Hope the former is helpful, (also take a look at the following post and check the comments made on your blogs).
See you tomorrow,
Claudia

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