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Rewrite Run-ons

Dovetail a subordinating conjunction (after, although, as, as if, as though, because, before, even if, even though, how, if, in order that, rather than, once, since, so, than, that, thought, till, unless, until, when, where, wherever, why ) to an independent clause to make it dependent, then connect that to the remaining (independent) clause. Voila, one complete sentence! Add a cup of friendship, a teaspoon of sunshine and three drops of the milk of human kindness... oops, that's the recipe for nausea.


Example.

Spink Lowden blew the tee shot on the seventeen at Harbor Town he had spent the entire night before studying the course at Harbor Town.

Spink Lowden blew the tee shot on the seventeen at Harbor Town even though he'd spent the previous evening studying the course.


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