Fixing run-ons by subordination

If one of the independent clauses is less important than the other, turn it into a subordinate clause or phrase.

Example sentence with editing. Original sentence: Many scholars dismiss the abominable snowman of the Himalayas as a myth, others claim it may be a kind of ape. Revised sentence: Although many scholars dismiss the abominable snowman of the Himalayas as a myth, others claim it may be a kind of ape.

Minor ideas in these sentences are now expressed in subordinate clauses or phrases.

Exercise: Run-on sentences 1

Exercise: Run-on sentences 2

Exercise: Run-on sentences 3

Exercise: Run-on sentences 4

Exercise: Run-on sentences 5

Exercise: Run-on sentences 6

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Subordinate clauses

independent clause A word group containing a subject and a verb that can or does stand alone as a sentence.

subordinate clause A word group containing a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a sentence because it begins with a word that marks it as subordinate (such as although, because, who, or that).

phrase A word group that lacks a subject, a verb, or both.