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Summary: Learn how to fix run on sentences in essays in this free video on writing essays.

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Peggy Charlton has been an English teacher as well as a drama coach during her 28-year career as an educator. She purchased an 80 year old home, and she remodeled it, room by room,...read more

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"Hello! This is Peggy Charlton from Expert Village on how to write an essay. You never start a sentence with the words because or if. That's going to be an adverb clause and it's not going to have a complete thought. You need to watch your fragments. Make sure they have a subject, verb, and a complete thought. Another thing that many, many students make a mistake of are run-ons. Run-ons are simply 2 sentences that run together without proper punctuation. Proper punctuation would mean comma, and, but, for, nor, and yet. If you have 2 sentences running together and you just use a comma it's a run on. You must use a comma with and, but, for, nor, yet, or or. Or you may use a semicolon with nothing. Or you may use with words such as however, therefore, nevertheless. Things like that. Let me reiterate to you. Two sentences running together must be punctuated these 3 ways or they are considered a run-on sentence. Many college professors or high school teachers will give you an F if you have one run-on sentence so make sure and check that. Sometimes it won't work on your spell or grammar check on your computer. You need to learn how to do this yourself. "

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