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Cambodia International Cooperation Institute
College of Arts, Humanities & Languages
Submitted to Lecturer:
Mr. NGORN Chanra, MA, BA,
BSc
ACADEMIC WRITING I
Batch 06, Group 01, Semester 02, Year 01
Academic Year: 2012-2013
1. Mr. SOK PANHA
2. Ms. BIN SOKIM
3. Ms. OEUN MAKARA
4. Ms. POR SOPHEA
5. Ms. PHUONG SOLINETH
6. Mr. IEN MAI
Presented By: Group 11, Room B 201 (Morning Class)

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3. I. Introduction to Run-on Sentences
II.Type of Run-on Sentences
III.Correcting run-on sentences
IV.Summary
V.References
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4. I. Introduction to
Run-on sentence
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5.  What is a Run-
on sentence?
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6.  A run-on sentence is a sentence
in which two or more independent clause are
written one after another with no punctuation in
a sentence.
Ex. My lecturer is very good he always make me
laughing.
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7. II. Types of Run-on
Sentences
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8. How many types of run-on
sentences are there?
There are two types of run-
on sentence.
 Fused Sentences &Fused Sentences &
 Comma SplicesComma Splices
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9. Example
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.. Fused Sentences:Fused Sentences:
A fused sentence occurs when two sentences
re joined together without any punctuation.
hey are fused or joined together as if they were
nly one thought.
Tom exercises everyday heTom exercises everyday he
should be in good condition.should be in good condition.
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10. 22.. Comma SplicesComma Splices:
A comma is used to connect or “splice” together
the two complete thoughts. A comma alone is NOTNOT
ENOUGHENOUGH to connect two complete sentences.
Example:
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Tom exercises everyday, heTom exercises everyday, he
should be in good condition.should be in good condition.
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11. III. Correcting run-on
sentences
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12.  How to correct run-on sentences?
We have many ways to correct
on run-on sentences. There are :
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13. 1. Add a period ( . ) :
Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went
to Tamoa mountain.
My family went to Ankor Wat. Then they
went to Tamoa mountain.
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14. 2. Add a semicolon ( ; ):
Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went to Tamoa
mountain.
My family went to Ankor Wat ; then they went to Tamoa
mountain.
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15. 3. Add a coordinator:
Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went to Tamoa
mountain.
My family went to Ankor Wat , and then they went
to Tamoa mountain.
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16. AAndFFor NNor
BBut OOr YYet SSo
“FANBOYS”
Coordinator or CoordinatingCoordinator or Coordinating
ConjunctionConjunction
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17. 4. Add a subordinator:
(e.g. ,after, although, before, unless, as, because,
even though, if, since, until, when, while…).
Ex. My family went to Ankor Wat then they went to Tamoa
mountain.
My family went to Ankor Wat ,before they
went to Tamoa mountain. Or
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18. 5. We can add a semicolon, a transition word:
(e.g., however, moreover, on the other hand,
nevertheless, instead, also, therefore, consequently,
otherwise, as a result), and a comma.
Ex. I expected to get a good result in my presentation I
was wrong.
 I expected to get a good result in my
presentation ; however, I was wrong.
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19. IV. SummaryIV. Summary
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20.  Run-on sentence
Type of run-on sentence
(Fused Sentences &Fused Sentences & Comma Splices )Comma Splices )
 Correcting run-on sentence
1. Add a period 2. Add a semicolon
3. Add a coordinator 4. Add a subordinator 5. We
can add a semicolon & a transition word+,
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21.  Academic Writing I
 ANT dictionary, Longman Dictionary…(Computer’s
dictionaries)
 Website:
 http://www.slideshare.net/
http://www.authorstream.com/
http://www.slideshare.net/daharyn/comma-splices-and-
run-ons.
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