Don't do. Learn what run-ons and sentence fragments are in this free self-editing lesson for writers and job seekers.
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@yodasodaskoda Well-formed may be subjective, but it's definitely not a run-on or a comma splice. The sentence is grammatically ok.
ktrickel 8 months ago
@ktrickel Nope. Not well formed.
yodasodaskoda 9 months ago
Actually, sentence fragments like "Left really early last night" can be used as spoken text in books. To use it as you explain something in a book any other way would be painful to read.
FalconMan1960 1 year ago
This is pretty weak. Right on to the person who pointed out that the first example is not a run-on. Not very clear why the fragment is a fragment--"not a complete thought" doesn't tell us much. You could have a complete sentence that, in some sense, is still not a complete thought.
harrysmallenburg 1 year ago
...That isn't a run on...you just spliced a very large sentence with a comma. Who is this god-awful woman?
PianistandFencer 1 year ago
@TheBookWorld What *an* interesting comment.
PianistandFencer 1 year ago
hmmm... What a interesting comment....
TheBookWorld 1 year ago
shes so nervous!
Dynaverse 2 years ago
Your run-on example is not a run-on. It is a well-formed sentence with embedded subordinate clauses.
ktrickel 3 years ago 2