Description:
Conjunctions are words such as "but," "and," "because," and "however."
Approach:
First of all, look for conjunctions (and, but, because, therefore, however, etc.)
in the sentence. Then, make sure that there are not too many conjunctions in the
sentence and that the conjunction used is the correct one. Also, look for run-on
sentences that consist of two independent clauses connected with a comma.
You will often need to add a conjunction to these sentences to make them correct.
Since I spent all of my allowance, therefore I had no money left to go
out on Friday night.
Since I spent all of my allowance, I had no money left to go out on
Friday night.
Incorrect:
Although I was very hungry, I ate the pasta greedily.
In this case, "although" should be "since" or "because."
Correct:
Because I was very hungry, I ate the pasta greedily.
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3) Run-on sentence
Incorrect:
Yesterday I went running, I also went out to eat.
We need a conjunction between these two clauses in order to have complete sentence.
Correct:
Yesterday I went running, and I also went out to eat.
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