Chapter 20 talks about revising run-on sentences with the use of a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet), or with a semicolon. First we look at the types of run-on sentences, starting with fused sentences where a writer puts no punctuation mark and no coordinating conjunction between independent clauses. The most common type of run-on sentences is the comma splice sentence where a writer uses a comma to join two sentences but uses no coordinating conjunction.
To revise a run-on sentences there are four choices. First you can use a comma and a coordinating conjunction, second use a semi colon, third make the sentence into two separate sentences, and last by restructuring the sentence.
Between this English class and my history class I do a fair amount of writing and one of the things I get regularly for feedback is that I have run-on sentences. Many times when I am writing I do not notice the fact that I have run-on sentences and even when I reread my papers I still do not see them but the examples in this chapter made it easier to determine what a run-on sentence is and the ways to fix them. I feel like this will greatly improve my writing not only by restructuring sentences but also because when I am trying to rewrite a sentence I will be able to create two new sentences and add more information to each one independently.
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