Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

A run-on sentence results when two independent clauses are joined without a conjunction or without punctuation. A comma splice results when two independent clauses are mistakely connected with a comma instead of being separated into two sentences or joined with a conjunction or a semicolon. Run-on sentences and comma splices should be avoided for the same reasons that sentence fragments should be avoided: they are hard to read, they confuse the reader, they suggest that you are careless, and they indicate that you do not know what a sentence is.

Revising Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

There are several ways to revise run-on sentences and comma splices: by using a period between the independent clauses, by inserting a semicolon between the independent clauses, by placing a comma and a coordinating conjunction between the independent clauses, or by using a subordinating word to make an independent clause a dependent clause. For example:

· Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, yet, nor, for, or, so) between independent clauses.

Example: The physicist Marie Curie discovered radium, and she won two Nobel Prizes.

· Use a period or a semicolon between the independent clauses.

Example: The physicist Marie Curie discovered radium. She won two Nobel Prizes.

The physicist Marie Curie discovered radium; she won two Nobel Prizes.

· Use a semicolon plus a conjunctive adverb (also, furthermore, however, nevertheless, similarly, therefore, next, finally, indeed, certainly) or a transitional expression (as a result, in fact, at the same time, in conclusion) between the independent clauses.

Example: Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre, worked together at first; however, he died at age 47.

· Revise one independent clause into a dependent clause.

Example: Radium, which can cause cancer, is also used to cure cancer.

 

I took another look at it just for your benefit and I discovered something.

If you say it fast enough, it makes sense.

 

So see...ya'll are just slow readers....

VINDICATION

 

I got the general idea of what you were trying to get across. It would probably help if I had some idea what you were talking about!! In general, it made sense but was a little long and could probably be broken into two sentences to make it more user friendly.





I know, I know; I'm just a woman and I need to get back in the kitchen. . .bite me Vader!

 

Vadar,
Nothing wrong grammatically with the sentence. It may be that there are technical terms involved that make it confusing, but technically, it makes sense to me. I had no prob reading or understanding.


BTW, I realize this may be a little late, but at least this swings the tide back in your favor.

 

"Certain applications of the Intrusion Detection System may be redundant as the firewall in place may already possess these capabilities."


(Lucky for you, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night)

 

I couldn't get past the title:

Does this sentance make sense?


NO!

It should read: Does this sentence make sense?

 

I was working on my taxes last night.
Somehow, it didn't seem right to comment on indiscretions with the thread title while I was entering Vet bills on Line 1 of my Schedule A.

 

Isn't that why you named them all "Billy"?

 

You know Vader, if you wanted a bad sentace to start with, you could have had me write it for ya!

 

Vader:

It does not make senese to me.....try this one......


"The traditional Intrusion Detection System may find that the system it was developed to augment and assist with network security and the firewall, may in fact incorporate the IDS technology into its own functionality, thus eliminating the need for a separate intrusion detection system. "

 

Well I'm giving up on it and I appreciate the assisst....

Bill your sentance changes the meaning. The addition of the word "and" places net security and the fw together when I was trying to say the firewall is what is being augmented...

oh well....I rewrote it for the masses...

 

ok fine......I's just the dumbist

 

Well.....it just goes to show my ignorance on the subject......

 

Vader, that is one super sophisticated IDS system if it is has "human-like" feelings about it's own mortality.