Thursday, September 11, 2014

Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

1. Timmy walked the dog to the store he wanted ice cream.
2.Angelica wants a puppy she wants a chocolate lab.
3. Super Troopers is a movie based on hilarious and outrageous cops who are trying not get their unit shut down by the mayor of Spurberry, Vermont.
4. .” I think Manguel’s intentions for the reader to take away from this illustration is that just like new knowledge, even reading can be terrifying and fascinating at the same time, and that reading isn’t something you learn on your own, it’s a family of writers trying to speak in a different language using different senses.

 
5. When Melody went to the store on Wednesday, she bought 5 cartons of cigarettes.

1 comment:

  1. Chad --

    Close. Number 3 and 5 are actually punctuated correctly. If "when" was removed from number 5, then it would be a comma splice.

    Let's talk about this tomorrow if you're unclear about this.

    Thanks,

    Nick

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