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Run-on sentences: use a full stop, not a comma

Una coma sola no puede unir dos oraciones completas. Tres formas sencillas de corregir una oración continua, con ejemplos y un cuestionario.

La regla

Una comma sola no puede unir dos oraciones completas. Usa un full stop (I was tired. I went to bed.) o una coma con and, but o so (I was tired, so I went to bed.), nunca I was tired, I went to bed.

El árabe a menudo enlaza ideas en una oración larga con و y ف, y muchos estudiantes llevan ese hábito al inglés con comas. En inglés, cada idea completa con su propio sujeto y verbo necesita un punto o una palabra de enlace.

Ejemplos

✗ No digas	✓ Di
I was tired, I went to bed.	I was tired, so I went to bed.
The bus was late, I missed the class.	The bus was late. I missed the class.
It was raining, however we went out.	It was raining. However, we went out.
I called you twice you didn't answer.	I called you twice, but you didn't answer.

En una conversación

A: How was your day?

B: Long. I had two exams, so I'm really tired.

A: Did you eat?

B: Not yet. I'll cook something now.

Práctica

Elige la respuesta correcta. Las respuestas están al final de la lección.

Which sentence is correct?
- a) I was hungry, I ate a sandwich.
- b) I was hungry, so I ate a sandwich.
- c) I was hungry I ate a sandwich.
We finished ___ went for a coffee.
- a) early. We
- b) early, we
- c) early we
The test was ___ passed.
- a) hard, however I
- b) hard however I
- c) hard. However, I

Consejo

Prueba cada coma: si hay una oración completa a ambos lados, usa un punto o añade and, but o so. However empieza una oración nueva: It was raining. However, we went out. Un punto y coma también funciona, pero un punto es más sencillo.

Respuestas

b) I was hungry, so I ate a sandwich. A comma alone isn't enough; so joins the two sentences.
a) early. We. Two complete sentences need a full stop.
c) hard. However, I. However starts a new sentence and takes a comma.

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La regla

Ejemplos

✗ No digas	✓ Di
I was tired, I went to bed.	I was tired, so I went to bed.
The bus was late, I missed the class.	The bus was late. I missed the class.
It was raining, however we went out.	It was raining. However, we went out.
I called you twice you didn't answer.	I called you twice, but you didn't answer.

Práctica

Elige la respuesta correcta. Las respuestas están al final de la lección.

Which sentence is correct?

a) I was hungry, I ate a sandwich.
b) I was hungry, so I ate a sandwich.
c) I was hungry I ate a sandwich.

We finished ___ went for a coffee.

a) early. We
b) early, we
c) early we

The test was ___ passed.

a) hard, however I
b) hard however I
c) hard. However, I