Examples
• A run-on sentence, without any punctuation or conjunction between "gas" and "we":
=>My car is out of gas we cannot reach town before dark.
• A comma splice, which is considered a run-on sentence in English by some usage experts:
=> It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark.
Remedies
•Use separate sentences. However, this may disconnect related independent clauses and cause some of the meaning to be lost:
=> It is nearly half past five. We cannot reach town before dark.
• Use a semicolon. This maintains the connection between the clauses while ensuring a pause between the two ideas:
=>It is nearly half past five; we cannot reach town before dark.
•Use a coordinating conjunction with a comma.
=>It is nearly half past five, so we cannot reach town before dark.