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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Are sequence words conjunctions?
Hi, I was wondering if sequence words were conjunctions, For example:
The Nobel Foundation was established in 1900, since then it has awarded prizes for achievements in literaturea and science.
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The Nobel Foundation was established in 1900, then it has awarded prizes for achievements in literaturea and science.
For these 2 sentences, one uses "since" and the other uses "then" to join the 2 sentences together. If these sequence words cannot be used to join sentneces together, then these 2 sentences are run-ons, correct?
Thanks
The Nobel Foundation was established in 1900, since then it has awarded prizes for achievements in literaturea and science.
and
The Nobel Foundation was established in 1900, then it has awarded prizes for achievements in literaturea and science.
For these 2 sentences, one uses "since" and the other uses "then" to join the 2 sentences together. If these sequence words cannot be used to join sentneces together, then these 2 sentences are run-ons, correct?
Thanks
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Yes, they are run-on or 'comma splice' sentences. The commas should be replaced by semicolons or fullstops, or conjunctions should be inserted.
- Yes, they are run-on or 'comma splice' sentences.
- The commas should be replaced by semicolons or fullstops, or conjunctions should be inserted.
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Yes, they are run-on or 'comma splice' sentences. The commas should be replaced by semicolons or fullstops, or conjunctions should be inserted.
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Yes, they are run-on or 'comma splice' sentences. The commas should be replaced by semicolons or fullstops, or conjunctions should be inserted.
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Both of these examples are run-ons. If, after the comma in each sentence, "and" were used, then they would be complete sentences. Notice that the portion before the comma is a complete thought, and the portion after the comma is a complete thought. Because of that, they need to have "and" after the comma to connect the thoughts. They could also have a period instead of a comma, and then capitaliz
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