there's no possibility at all of a run-on sentence here - that's because of the presence of the coordinating conjunction ' but ' That's what a run-on is. A comma splice is two main clauses joined by a comma:

'I recommend you travel to France via Eurotunnel it's so quick and easy'. 'The stationery cupboard was full with A4 paper but there were no envelopes' . Mr Wordy's first example is the best--though a

Very interesting question! My understanding is that gerunds and progressive participles have identical form (i.e. verb + ing) yet different function. A gerund is typically used as a noun, e.g. " Smoking is bad for your health" or

The sentence itself is a direct quotation (but here out of a larger context, of course) from one of the language tests by the university of Cambridge. Here we go! Back in the 1980s a colleague of mine used to receive letters from an Oxford

Hi, MB. Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us! As I understand it, reported speech is usually a sentence within a sentence, and both of them must begin with capital letters. "No!", he said. He said, "No!" I

Jon has a wide range of experience, having worked in all areas of the firm. 1. I wonder why comma is used. 2. I wonder if "having" is "gerund" or anything. Hi 1. The sequence 'having worked ..' is a

i read all the sentences and choices.u made the right answers to them .as for the comma rules, i'll try to reply in a message.they need some time to explain through examles.good luck

I did this on my own, but no answers were provided. I found these from various websites. Can you guys verify these for me? I mainly have problems with identifiing comma splice, run-on sentences, and some tenses identifications. I did them and I

Is there some rule that determines when a comma is used with because and when it is not? Even if there were a rule, not everyone would follow it. The problem stems from the ambiguity when there are two (or more) clauses before the because clause.

No, just a single period. And (not having read through this thread) you needn't use one within the sentence either-- a period+comma just looks overly cluttered. Stops after such abbreviations are rapidly falling out of favour. Notice that they are