G5: Correcting Fragments
1. Add the missing part: subject or verb
2. Join the fragment to or incorporate the fragment into a nearby sentence
G6: Correcting Run-on sentences:
1. Create two complete sentences by adding a period
2. Join the two sentences by adding a comma and a coordinating conjunction that expresses the relationship
3. Identify the end of one idea and closeness of the relationship to the next idea by adding a semicolon
4. Add a subordinating conjunction to establish the relationship between the ideas
5. Combine the ideas by revising to incorporate both ideas into one sentence
“9.4 Correcting Run-on Sentences.” Sentence Sense http://webster.commnet.edu/sensen/part2/nine/run_ons_correcting.html
Additional Resource
"Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices." Capital Community College Foundation. 2004. 16 Jan. 2016. Web.