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Run-On sentences Run-On sentences occur when two (or more) sentences Run Together without Punctuation or without a Comma and a connecting Word. Ex. My.

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1 Run-On sentences Run-On sentences occur when two (or more) sentences Run Together without Punctuation or without a Comma and a connecting Word. Ex. My great-uncle ate unhealthy foods All his life he lived to be 91.

2 How can you use a comma? To separate two or more adjectives before a noun: The shiny, Red, Ripe Apple dripped with poison.

3 Comma Use To Separate words or groups of words in a series
The Bat swooped into the living room, into the fireplace, and out the chimney. The comma after “fireplace” is optional. It is called the “oxford Comma”.

4 Comma Use To Separate Opening Phrases in Sentences
After a ride through the country side, the prince returned to his castle to play checkers.

5 Comma Use To separate a Phrase that interrupts the main thought in a sentence Michael Jordan, in my opinion, is the greatest basketball player of all time.

6 Comma Use To separate two complete Sentences with a conjunction
The hobbit wanted the ring, but he knew it was Evil.

7 Comma Use To introduce a quotation in a sentence
Pbanks 31 asked, “Can I go to the bathroom?”

8 Comma Use To separate the day from the year in a date
October 24th, 2002

9 Comma Use To separate a city from a state Doylestown, Pennsylvania

10 Comma Use To separate a Person’s name and title
Cinderella, Director of House cleaning

11 Comma Use To introduce a personal letter Dear Sophia,


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