1. EFFECTIVE SENTENCES

2. Sentence or Sentence Fragment: a sentence must contain a subject, predicate and must express a complete thought. E.g.: They jumped over the fence. (sentence) Lost keys. (fragment)

3. Run-on Sentences: A run-on sentence is two or more sentences run together without proper punctuation as if they one sentence.

4. There is more than one way to revise a run-on sentence. You can break the run-on into two complete sentences, or you can link the two ideas with a comma and a coordinating conjunction such as and, but, or.

5. E.g. #1:I love to write papers I would write one every day if I had the time.

6. Method 1: I love to write papers. I would write one every day if I had the time.

7. Method 2: I love to write papers, and I would write one every day if I had the time.

8. Method 3: BecauseI love to write papers,I would write one every day if I had the time.

9. E.g. #2: Participants could leave the study at any time, they needed to indicate their preference.

10. Method 1: Participants could leave the study at any time. They needed to indicate their preference.

11. Method 2:Participants could leave the study at any time; they needed to indicate their preference.

12. Method 3: Participants could leave the study at any time but they needed to indicate their preference.

13. Stringy Sentences: If you string many ideas together with and, you create a stringy sentence. A stringy sentences ramble on and on. They do not give the reader a chance to pause between ideas.

14. EXAMPLE