Grammar exercises · 12 questions

Run-on sentences and comma splices exercises

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Test yourself on run-on sentences and comma splices with 12 interactive questions. Every answer comes with an explanation — and if you get one wrong, the AI tutor can explain exactly why your answer didn't work.

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Which of these is a comma splice?

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Guessing gets you through a quiz; understanding gets you through the exam. Read the full Run-on sentences and comma splices lesson A run-on sentence joins two independent clauses without adequate punctuation or a conjunction. The most common form is the comma splice — two complete sentences held together by only a comma. Fix a run-on in four ways: a full stop, a semicolon, a coordinating conjunction, or a subordinating conjunction.

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