Demonstrate knowledge of correct sentence structure by correcting run-on sentences (e.g., using correct punctuation, forming separate sentences, using coordinating or subordinating clauses) and sentence fragments (e.g., supplying the missing sentence elements). 0801.1.6

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1. The sentence, please! - A sentence containing a comma splice will appear in a text-area. Repair the sentence.
2. Avoiding Comma Splices II - A sentence containing a comma splice will appear in a text-area. Repair the sentence.
3. Correct run-on sentences - quiz - separating the independent clauses [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
4. Correct run-on sentences - quiz - adding a comma and a conjunction [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
5. Correct run-on sentences - quiz - embed one clause in each sentence [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
6. Correct run-on sentences - quiz - hanging the word or words in bold to a verbal or a verbal phrase [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
7. Repairing Run-On Sentences - After each run-on sentence select the remedy that would best repair that sentence
8. Fragments and Run-On's - After each sentence, select the option which best describes that sentence.
9. Avoiding Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, and Run-On's - Interesting visual effects are used to make the point.
10. Identify run on sentences - quiz [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
11. A test of the Emergency Grammar System - It is only a test. Actually, it isn't even a test ... and it contains more than grammar. Oh, never mind... give it a try

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