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Brannan: A Writer's Workshop
A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays
Bob Brannan, Johnson County Community College
Run-Ons, Comma Splices, and Sentence Fragments

Glossary

comma splices  incorrect use of a comma to connect ("splice" together) two complete thoughts. Ex.: I go to school, my brother stays home.
sentence fragment  a word group that lacks a subject or a verb and/or one that does not express a complete thought. Ex.: Whenever I go to school. ("Whenever," a dependent word, cannot introduce a complete thought, so the word group cannot stand alone.)








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