Comma splice
A comma splice is the use of a comma to join two independent clauses.
Ex: I went fishing, I went mountain climbing, I went back my home.
Run-on sentence
A ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
Ex: Now it’s almost five o’clock time is not enough for us to play.
Sentence fragment
Sentence fragment is a group of words that look like sentence, but are not. Lose subject or verb.
Ex:On Saturday, will go back home.
Independent clause
a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
Ex: I like reading books in my free time.
Dependent clause
a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
Ex: Because he lost his phone last Saturday, he decided to buy a new phone.
Semi-colon
Semi colon is a punctuation mark that separates major sentence element, it can be used between two closely related independent clauses, provided they are not already joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Ex: I needed to finish three paper and two assignments today; I even did not have free time to drink coffee.
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