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Cambodia International Cooperation InstituteCollege of Arts, Humanities & Languages

Submitted to Lecturer: Mr. NGORN Chanra, MA, BA,

BSc

ACADEMIC WRITING I

Batch 06, Group 01, Semester 02, Year 01Academic Year: 2012-2013

1. Mr. SOK PANHA 2. Ms. BIN SOKIM 3. Ms. OEUN MAKARA4. Ms. POR SOPHEA5. Ms. PHUONG SOLINETH6. Mr. IEN MAI

Presented By: Group 11, Room B 201 (Morning Class)

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I. Introduction to Run-on Sentences

II.Type of Run-on Sentences

III.Correcting run-on sentences

IV.SummaryV.References

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I . Introduction to

Run-on sentence

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What is a Run-

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A run-on sentence is a sentence

in which two or more independent clause are

written one after another with no punctuation in

a sentence.

Ex. My lecturer is very good he always make me

laughing.

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I I . Types of Run-on

Sentences

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How many types of run-onsentences are there?

There are two types of run-on sentence. Fused Sentences &Fused Sentences &

Comma Splices Comma Splices

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Example

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1.1. Fused Sentences:Fused Sentences:A fused sentence occurs when two sentences

are joined together without any punctuation.

They are fused or joined together as if they were

only one thought.

Tom exercises everyday heTom exercises everyday he should be in good condition.should be in good condition.

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22. . Comma SplicesComma Splices:

A comma is used to connect or “splice” together

the two complete thoughts. A comma alone is NOT NOT

ENOUGH ENOUGH to connect two complete sentences.

Example:

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Tom exercises everyday, he Tom exercises everyday, he should be in good condition.should be in good condition.

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III. Correcting run-on

sentences

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How to correct run-on sentences?

We have many ways to correct

on run-on sentences. There are :

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1. Add a period ( . ) :Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went

to Tamoa mountain.

My family went to Ankor Wat. Then they

went to Tamoa mountain.

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2. Add a semicolon ( ; ):Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went to Tamoa

mountain.

My family went to Ankor Wat ; then they went to Tamoa

mountain.

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3. Add a coordinator:Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went to Tamoa

mountain.

My family went to Ankor Wat , and then they went to Tamoa mountain.

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Coordinator or CoordinatingCoordinator or Coordinating

ConjunctionConjunction

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4. Add a subordinator: (e.g. ,after, although, before, unless, as, because,

even though, if, since, until, when, while…).

Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went to Tamoa

mountain.

My family went to Ankor Wat ,before they

went to Tamoa mountain. Or

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5.  We can add a semicolon, a transition word: (e.g., however, moreover, on the other hand, nevertheless, instead, also, therefore, consequently, otherwise, as a result), and a comma.

Ex. I expected to get a good result in my presentation I was wrong.

I expected to get a good result in my

presentation ; however, I was wrong.

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IV. SummaryIV. Summary

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Run-on sentence

Type of run-on sentence

(Fused Sentences & Fused Sentences & Comma Splices )Comma Splices )

Correcting run-on sentence

1. Add a period 2. Add a semicolon

3. Add a coordinator 4. Add a subordinator 5.  We

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Academic Writing I

ANT dictionary, Longman Dictionary…(Computer’s dictionaries)

Website:

http://www.slideshare.net/

http://www.authorstream.com/

http://www.slideshare.net/daharyn/comma-splices-and-run-ons.

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