Grammar Girl #49

The Grammar Girl episodes are always very interesting. This one that was about run-on sentences was insightful, but a lot of the information she gave I already was taught. I find myself making these mistakes rarely. I did think that most run-on sentences were just long sentences that could easily be shortened by correct punctuation. I did not think a run-on could be so short as "I am a woman I am a truck driver." Who would have guessed eh? I was taught about run-on sentences long ago. I find myself catching any run-on sentences I come across in other people's work and occasionally my own. There are so many other mistakes that I make, most of them being comma errors. Run-on sentences are probably one of my strongest points in English. They just come easier to me in both the finding and correcting of them. I read over some of my past blogs from last month and did not catch any run-on sentences. They give the text a weird vibe when you read a run-on. That for me is how I catch them so easily. Gotta love Grammar Girl...she knows her stuff.