Basic writing skills

Last week, we studied important topics such as comma splices, run on sentences, conjunctive adverbs, and semicolon. Reflect on the importance of identifying comma splices and run-ons errors and why it is important to use the conjunctive adverbs and the semicolon correctly.

  1. Write at least a paragraph of no less than 10 sentences and more than 200 words.
  2. Include ONE example of a run-on and TWO ways to correct it.
  3. Include ONE example of a comma splice and TWO ways to correct it.
  4. Include ONE example of two independent ideas joined by a conjunctive adverb.
  5. Include ONE example of two independent ideas joined by a semicolon.