Week 9 Grammar Girl #2

This week’s Grammar Girl response is on run-on sentences. I always thought that run-on sentences were really long sentences that just kept going and didn’t make any sense. I learned that that is not always true. They can be short sentences as well. I also found out that there are a few ways to fix them and not just with a period and make two sentences out of it. You can use commas, semi-colons, and periods. This could be useful when writing a paper and finding it difficult to meet the required word count. I could change the sentence and gain a word or two. I do remember that I have been guilty of them before. I wrote one on a previous paper, but the spell check actually found it and I was able to fix it and probably gained a word in the process. I have never really used a spell check before I signed up for this class. I am learning to like it and try to remember to use it before publishing anything on my blog. I also learned that the blog has a spell check and I have used it on my last post. Normally I write my papers on Word so I can get a word count then copy and paste it to my blog. I like the spell check in Word better. It has caught run on sentences where the one on blog didn’t. I caught that one during my proof read.