1.5.1 Sentence fluency

• The comma and its main uses
• Comma splices and how to correct them
• Run-on sentences and how to correct them
• Varying sentence length and structure for fluency

• use the comma correctly in writing
• identify and correct comma splices
• identify and correct run-on sentences
• vary sentence structure to improve fluency in writing

“What makes some writing easy to read and other writing exhausting?”

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1. Commas, splices and run-ons
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Where commas belong, and the two errors that join sentences wrongly.
2. Varying your sentences
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Why writing made only of short sentences is as tiring as writing made only of long ones.
3. Repairing broken sentences
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Finding comma splices and run-ons in a stretch of writing, and choosing the right repair.
4. A paragraph that is easy to read
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Combining correct joins with varied length and openings so a social paragraph reads easily.