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    This document provides examples of splices, run-ons, and sentence fragments, along with the corrections needed for each. It then gives additional exercises asking the reader to identify and correct issues in sample sentences. The exercises focus on common errors like missing punctuation between independent clauses, unnecessary words that cause fragments, and properly combining or separating related ideas into complete sentences.

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    Exercise on Correcting Splices, Run-ons, and Fragments

    Directions: Correct the following splices, run-ons, and fragments by using the technique requested
    in parentheses.

    1. He is nice, she is not. (Edit the splice by adding a semicolon between the independent clauses)

    He is nice; she is not.

    2. My brother always calls me on my birthday I sometimes forget to call him. (Edit the run-on by
    adding comma + coordinating conjunction between the independent clauses)

    My brother always calls me on my birthday, but I sometimes forget to call him.

    3. Beneath the table you’ll find a pair of scissors be careful because they are sharp. (Edit the run-on
    by placing a period between the independent clauses)

    Beneath the table you’ll find a pair of scissors. Be careful because they are sharp.

    4. Rico, who loves to dance and chat with the ladies. (Delete the word that’s causing the fragment
    and rewrite the sentence)

    Rico loves to dance and chat with the ladies.

    5. I probably won’t come over tonight to watch the game. Especially if you don’t provide pizza and
    soda. (Edit the fragment by placing a comma between the dependent and independent clauses)

    I probably won’t come over tonight to watch the game, especially if you don’t provide pizza and
    soda.

    6. The number that you dialed is incorrect, please check the number and dial again. (Edit the splice by

    inserting a coordinating conjunction between the independent clauses)

    The number that you dialed is incorrect, so please check the number and dial again.

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    Exercise on Splices, Run-ons, and Fragments in Context

    Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the best answer.

    1. Some people never say thanks when I hold the door; which is very annoying.

    A. Replace the semicolon with a comma and combine 🗸

    B. Replace the semicolon with a period

    C. No change
    2. Two people who live upstairs from me in a spectacular penthouse apartment.

    A. Add a period after upstairs and start a new sentence with from

    B. Delete the word who 🗸

    C. No change

    3. I love water sports. Such as water polo, pool basketball, and synchronized swimming.

    A. Change the period to a semicolon

    B. Replace the period with a comma and combine the two sentences 🗸

    C. No Change

    4. The boy, whose coat you borrowed last week because you forgot yours.

    A. Delete the word whose

    B. Change the period to a comma and add is always very considerate. 🗸

    C. No change

    5. Sometimes when we argue about trivial matters in front of our parents.

    A. Add a period after matters and start a new sentence with in

    B. Delete the word when 🗸

    C. No change

    6. Not many cars were on the road I headed onto Route 25A east and then to the Sagtikos
    Parkway.

    A. Add a comma after road

    B. Delete then

    C. Add the word when after road 🗸

    7. When the bell rang at 3:05, I entered the hallway and walked toward my locker to get my books
    I was in a rush.

    A. Delete When

    B. Place a period after locker

    C. Place a period after books 🗸

    8. That happened when I was a teenager it changed me.

    A. Place a comma and the coordinating conjunction and after the word teenager 🗸

    B. Add a comma after teenager

    C. Place a period after I

    9. It was March of 2011, I was on my way to the airport with my family.


    A. Add a comma after way

    B. Change the comma to a period 🗸

    C. Delete my

    10. I noticed the flags hanging from everyone’s flagpoles on Memorial Day everything looked so
    patriotic to me.

    A. Delete everything

    B. Place a period after Day 🗸

    C. Place a period after flags

    From: https://www.sunysuffolk.edu/current-students/academic-tutoring-centers/grant/writing-
    studio/documents/Splices-runons-fragments.pdf

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