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Clouse: Jumpstart
Jumpstart!: A Workbook for Writers, 2/e
Barbara Fine Clouse
Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

Glossary


comma splice  incorrect use of a comma to connect ("splice" together) two complete thoughts; (e.g., I go to school, my brother stays home.)
run-on  two complete thoughts that run together with no adequate sign given to mark the break between them; in this text, the term "run-on" denotes both comma splices and fused sentences; some instructors prefer to use "run-on" as a synonym for fused sentences alone








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