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Run-on Sentences<br />

Run-on sentences are known as two completes thoughts that have been separated by a sign given a<br />

break between them, but that sign has been used incorrectly. However, there are two types of run-on<br />

sentences and one of these does not have signs to break between the thoughts.<br />

Types of Run-on Sentences<br />

FUSED SENTENCES<br />

COMMA SPLICES<br />

There is no sign that indicates the break<br />

between the thoughts. They are fused, or<br />

joined as if they were a complete thought.<br />

If you are a woman you can address<br />

unconscious biases and implicit associations<br />

that can form an unintended and often an<br />

invisible barrier to equal opportunity.<br />

Correct form:<br />

If you are a woman, you can address<br />

unconscious biases and implicit associations<br />

that can form an unintended and often an<br />

invisible barrier to equal opportunity.<br />

This is the most common type of run-on<br />

sentences because most of the time students<br />

think that break is needed, but probably a<br />

stronger, or clearer break is needed.<br />

Even the richest countries still have communities<br />

living in abject poverty, the oldest democracies<br />

still wrestle with racism, homophobia and<br />

transphobia, and religious intolerance, a recent<br />

UNICEF report noted growing inequality among<br />

children in several high-income countries<br />

Correct form:<br />

Even the richest countries still have communities<br />

living in abject poverty. The oldest democracies<br />

still wrestle with racism, homophobia and<br />

transphobia, and religious intolerance. A recent<br />

UNICEF report noted growing inequality among<br />

children in several high-income countries

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