Avoiding Common Writing Errors
Run-ons, fragments, comma splices.
Examples
- Fix: Use a full stop or conjunction.
Key rules
- Run-on sentences join two complete sentences without punctuation
- Sentence fragments lack a subject or verb
- Comma splices join two complete sentences with only a comma
Common mistakes
- It was late we went home. → It was late, so we went home.
- Because it was late. → Because it was late, we went home.
Use cases
- Essay proofreading
- Email writing
- Exam writing tasks
💡 Tip: Read each sentence and ask: does it have a subject and a finite verb? If not, fix it.