Wednesday, September 19, 2012

5 New Sentences

1. Original Sentence: Although it does take time and most definitely energy to run every day, the benefits are truly worth it, at the end of October there is going to be a Zombie Chase where the runners act as hunters and chase the ‘zombies’ through obstacles and haunted houses for 5 kilometers.
Problem: Comma splice; 2 Independent clauses need to be joined together with either a period or a semicolon.
Solution: Although it does take time and most definitely energy to run every day, the benefits are truly worth it. At the end of October there is going to be a Zombie Chase where the runners act as hunters and chase the ‘zombies’ through obstacles and haunted houses for 5 kilometers. 
2. Original Sentence: Creating neurotransmitters isn’t the only mental benefit of running though, another is that it places the body in higher levels of alertness for longer periods of. 
Problem: Comma splice:  2 Independent clauses need to be joined together with either a period or a semicolon.
Solution: Creating neurotransmitters isn’t the only mental benefit of running though; another is that it places the body in higher levels of alertness for longer periods of time.
3. Original Sentence: By reviewing after or during a run, it will be easier to recall important data from the adrenaline, and time spent awake will be more effective because the level of alertness will allow more information to be properly stored.
Problem: Comma Splice; Needs a semicolon to join two independent clauses.
Solution:By reviewing after or during a run, it will be easier to recall important data from the adrenaline; and time spent awake will be more effective because the level of alertness will allow more information to be properly stored.
4. A 73 year old man from Colorado Springs runs every day, and he still works part time, acts as a missionary to the prison and is completely functional all because his internal health is monitored by daily jogging.
Problem: Comma: 2 sentences connected by FANBOYS
Solution:A 73 year old man from Colorado Springs runs every day, and he still works part time, acts as a missionary to the prison and, is completely functional all because his internal health is monitored by daily jogging.
5.Another thing to remember especially for beginning runners is to run or jog at a pace that isn’t too fast or too slow, enough to be pleasantly tired at the end of a workout but not enough to drop dead.
Problem: Run-on sentence; add punctuation
Solution:Another thing to remember, especially for beginning runners, is to run or jog at a pace that isn’t too fast or too slow, enough to be pleasantly tired at the end of a workout but not enough to drop dead.

1 comment:

  1. I thought my school was the only one that learned about FANBOYS! It seriously made my day to see someone else that knows that!

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