After reading and reviewing the NFGW Handbook on comma-splice and run-on sentences, please complete the following GUM Exercises.
Activity 1
Directions: Correct the comma-splice or run-on sentence error, utilizing the method specified. Be certain to employ the correct punctuation, if necessary. (If you like, you may reverse the sentences, but both sentences should be provided.)
- The car was hardly worth trading, the frame was twisted and the block was warped. [Restructure the sentence with a subordinate conjunction.]
- The next time an event is canceled because of bad weather, don’t blame the meterologist, blame nature. [Make two sentences.]
- Ray was fluent in American Sign Language he could sign as easily as he could speak. [Restructure the sentence with the appropriate relative pronoun.]
- Susanna arrived with a stack of her latest hats she hoped the gift shop would place a big winter order. [Restructure the sentence with a participial phrase.]
- There was one major reason for John’s wealth, his grandfather had been a multimillionaire. [Use a colon.]
- The neurosurgeion explained that the medication could have one side effect, it might cause me to experience temporary memory loss. [Use a colon.]
- As his first major project, Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City’s Central Park, it is one of the most beautiful urban spaces in the United States. [Restructure with an appositive phrase.]
- Subatomic physics is filed with strange and marvelous particles, they are tiny bodies of matter that shiver, wobble, pulse, and flatten to no thickness at all. [Restructure with an appositive phrase.]
- Anamaria opened the boxes crammed with toys, out sprang griffins, dragons, and phoenixes. [Restructure with subordinate conjunction.]
- Some parents argue that requiring uniforms in public schools improves student behavior and performance, they think uniforms give students a more professional attitude. [Restructure with subordinate conjunction.]
Activity 2
Directions: Correct the comma-splice or run-on sentence error, utilizing the method specified. Be certain to employ the correct punctuation, if necessary. (If you like, you may reverse the sentences, but both sentences should be provided.) - The car was hardly worth trading, the frame was twisted and the block was warped. [Combine the sentences with a conjunctive adverb.]
- The next time an event is canceled because of bad weather, don’t blame the meterologist, blame nature. [Combine the sentences with a coordinating conjunction.]
- Ray was fluent in American Sign Language he could sign as easily as he could speak. [Combine the sentences with a conjunctive adverb.]
- Susanna arrived with a stack of her latest hats she hoped the gift shop would place a big winter order. [Combine the sentences with a conjunctive adverb.]
- There was one major reason for John’s wealth, his grandfather had been a multimillionaire. [Combine the sentences with a coordinating conjunction.]
- The neurosurgeion explained that the medication could have one side effect, it might cause me to experience temporary memory loss. [Combine the sentences with a coordinating conjunction.]
- As his first major project, Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City’s Central Park, it is one of the most beautiful urban spaces in the United States. [Combine the sentences with a conjunctive adverb.]
- Subatomic physics is filed with strange and marvelous particles, they are tiny bodies of matter that shiver, wobble, pulse, and flatten to no thickness at all. [Use a colon.]
- Anamaria opened the boxes crammed with toys, out sprang griffins, dragons, and phoenixes. [Combine the sentences with a conjunctive adverb.]
- Some parents argue that requiring uniforms in public schools improves student behavior and performance, they think uniforms give students a more professional attitude. [Use a colon.]
Pages: 2 Double spaced (550 words)
Style and Sources: APA7, 1 source
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Study level: Proofreading
Assighnment type: Editing
Subject: Education
Language: US
