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== Avoiding Run-on sentences ==
== Avoiding Run-on sentences ==
There are, of course, many ways to avoid a run-on sentence. A really easy way to join the two independent clauses together is by a '''semicolon'''. When using a semicolon, though, you must remember that the two ideas have to be closely related to one another. The other way to join the two independent clauses  without having a run-on is to use either coordinating conjunctions or subordinating conjunctions.
* A really easy way to join the two independent clauses together is by a '''semicolon'''. When using a semicolon, though, you must remember that the two ideas have to be closely related to one another.  
* The second way to join the two independent clauses  without having a run-on is to use either coordinating conjunctions or subordinating conjunctions.


== Types of Conjunctures==
== Types of Conjunctures==
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