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A run-on sentence, also called a fused sentence, occurs when two or
more independent clauses are put together with no mark of punctuation.
A comma splice is the situation with only a comma between the clauses,
and a comma is not enough to join them.
(Note: An independent clause can stand alone as
a separate sentence; it has a subject, a verb, and makes sense by itself
as a complete thought.)
Example: Laura forgot to set her alarm she was late to work. (run-on)
Example: Laura forgot to set her alarm, she was late to work. (comma splice)
There are five ways to fix run-ons and comma splices. Which you choose depends on the sense of your sentence; there is no one best solution.
Conjunctive Adverbs (list of the most common choices, grouped by their function):
| Similarity: | likewise, similarly |
| Contrast: | however, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, otherwise |
| Result/Effect: | accordingly, as a result, consequently, hence, therefore, thus |
| Addition: | also, furthermore, in addition, in the first place, moreover |
| Emphasis/Clarity: | in fact, in other words, indeed, that is |
| Time: | afterward, later, meanwhile, subsequently |
| Example: | for example, for instance, to illustrate |
Subordinating Conjunctions (list of the most common choices, alphabetically):
| after | even though | rather than | when |
| although | except that | since | whenever |
| as | if | so | where |
| as if | if only | so that | whereas |
| as long as | in case | that | wherever |
| as though | in order that | though | whether |
| because | now that | unless | while |
| before | once | until | |
| even if | provided that |