Revising run-on sentences
- Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
Revising with a comma and a coordinating conjunction
- Use a semicolon (or, if appropriate, a colon or a dash). A semicolon may be used alone; it can also be accompanied by a transitional expression.
Revising with a semicolon
- Make the clauses into separate sentences.
Revising by separating sentences
- Restructure the sentence, perhaps by subordinating one of the clauses.
Revising by restructuring the sentence
One of these revision techniques will often work better than the others for a particular sentence. The fourth technique, the one requiring the most extensive revision, is frequently the most effective.
coordinating conjunction and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet; used to join elements of equal grammatical form.