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Is the sentence a run on sentence?

                 
Does the sentence contain two independent clauses (word groups that can stand alone as sentences)?
YES
Are the clauses joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or nor, for , so, OR yet)?
NO
Are the clauses joined with a semicolon?
NO
Revise. It is a run-on sentence.
 

NO


YES


YES




Then your sentence is good!
No Problem!
Way to Go! You have a good sentence.