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shannonc · Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 1

Hello teacher~
I have big problem about writing which is run on sentences. And i don't know when should i put a comma or a full stop. So, my sentences will be like ............, and..................,and...................,but.............It's a serious problem to me.Please help me!
Thank you: )

pugachevV · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 2295

Conjunctions are made for joining sentences, etc., together gracefully and in English there are many of them. If you read almost anything written in English, you will see how they are used. You will also see how they are avoided.
e.g. I could have written the first sentence, above, "Conjunctions are made for joining sentences, etc.,together gracefully. In English, there are many of them."
Check your sentences and every time you see "and" (in particular) see if you can replace it with a period, a semi-colon or a comma.

Lorikeet · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: San Francisco

You can also try to keep your sentences to two or three of them and start a new sentence instead of making them go on and on because it's hard for someone to read everything you write and understand it all if you just keep on writing and never stop for a minute and the person who is reading can get confused. (That's an example of a bad sentence.)

You can also try to keep your sentences to two or three of them. You could start a new sentence instead of making them go on and on because it's hard for someone to read everything you write and understand it all. If you just keep on writing and never stop for a minute, the person who is reading can get confused.