Be sure to avoid structural errors when writing sentences.
Sentence fragments are incomplete sentences or clauses.
The two horses swiftly raced towards the finish line with a burst of speed.
The woman with long, dark hair and piercing green eyes standing on the top step firmly told me that the store was closed.
Because the storm raged on all night long, no one in the house was able to get any sleep.
Run on sentences are also known as fused sentences.
They occur when two or more independent clauses are not separated by any punctuation or a conjunction.
Here are some ways the run on can be corrected:
Shivering from the cold, the children hurried into the house. They kicked off their shoes and rushed to the fireplace to warm up.
Shivering from the cold, the children hurried into the house; they kicked off their shoes and rushed to the fireplace to warm up.
Shivering from the cold, the children hurried into the house, and they kicked off their shoes and rushed to the fireplace to warm up.
Another kind of run on is a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two or more independent clauses in a sentence are only separated by a comma.
Here are some ways that this comma splice can be corrected:
The clown easily juggled several colorful balls. Another ball tossed by an audience member was easily added, too.
The clown easily juggled several colorful balls; another ball tossed by an audience member was easily added, too.
The clown easily juggled several colorful balls, so another ball tossed by an audience member was easily added, too.