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 TOPIC: Run-on-Sentence NAME: Binh Vu Date: 10/29/10 Period: 4 QUESTIONS: 1. What is run-on-sentence? 2. What make a run-on-sentence? 3. What is the complete sentence have? NOTES: Some run-on sentences an be as short as "He sleeps she stays up ", or sometimes as low as 4 words. Verbs  Subjects But this sentence have two idea so this is not a complete sentence. <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;">SUMMARY : Run-on-sentence is a common thing that people usually make mistake on. Run-on-sentence is make of two or more sentences combines. The complete sentence have at least one subject, one verb, and only one idea. Run-on-sentence could as short as 4 words or as long as 256 words.
 * 1) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> Run on sentence have at least two sentences but the two parts have been combine together instead of being properly connected.
 * 2) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> The length of the sentence does matter the matter is the structure of the sentence.
 * 3) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> Sentences could be combine by a comma, this called slide-comma. When you use a comma to connect two independent sentence, it must be accompanied by a little conjunction //(and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so).//
 * 4) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> Using the period properly is also importance because the sentence will be a run-on-sentence if their no period at the end.
 * 5) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> When a sentence ends too quickly, it is called a sentence fragment.
 * 6) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> When is the sentence is too long or too many idea is called run on sentence.
 * 7) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> The complete sentence should have at least one subject, verb, and complete idea.
 * 8) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> A subject is the person, place, or thing performing or doing the action.
 * 9) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> Verb is the action.
 * 10) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2798in; margin-top: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;"> A complete idea the reader isn't left waiting for another word.