Run-ons & Combining
📋 What it is
A run-on jams two sentences together with no punctuation; fix by splitting or joining correctly.
🗣️ Coach says
A run-on is two sentences with no stop sign: “I like pizza it is cheesy.” Fix with a period, a semicolon, or a joining word. BOLT never stops for breath — insert the stop.
🧠 Memory hook
Two full sentences with NO mark = run-on. Add . or ; or , + and/but/so.
😂 Giggle
What's the most confident punctuation mark?
The exclamation point — it never doubts itself!
😲 Whoa!
The longest sentence in a famous novel runs over 1,000 words — but it uses punctuation, so it is not a run-on.
🖍️ Grade BOLT-3000's edit for run-ons.
You're the teacher — mark BOLT-3000's work, then reveal how you did. (Grading a robot: all the skill, none of the sting.)
BOLT wrote: “The bell rang everyone left.”
✗ Needs a fix — run-on — add a stop: “The bell rang, and everyone left.” (or a period).
Two complete sentences need punctuation or a joining word between them.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Combine “It was cold. We stayed inside.” two different ways.