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A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses (also known as complete sentences) are connected improperly.

The apostrophe character is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English it is used for three purposes: The marking of the omission of one or more letters. The marking of possessive case of nouns.

The words continual and continuous are like twins: they both come from continue, but they get mad if you get them confused. Continual means start and stop, while continuous means never-ending. Continual is chronic, like a cough that comes and goes, or a teenager's sporadic fights with The Man. Continuous is like a circle, or a nightmare carousel that never ever stops. Neither one is the evil twin; they're both moody.

It should be, The book was inspirational. It changed my life.

An ascent is a physical climb up something, like your ascent up a rock wall at the gym. This word can also be used with reference to something less tangible, like an ascent up the corporate ladder. Ascents are for rockets and rock stars.Assent is a rather formal way to say “agree.” If your parents assent to having your best friend stay for the weekend, go ahead and get the extra bed ready. As a noun, assent refers to an agreement.

The essential difference between these two words is that bring implies movement towards someone or something: Bring your instrument with you when you come over. Whereas take implies movement away from someone or something: Take your belongings with you when you're leaving.

A gerund is a verb that is functioning as a noun. In this case, 'running' is functioning as the subject of the sentence. We use the term 'gerund' to show that the word is actually a verb, but for this particular sentence, it is being used as a noun. You can also have a gerund being used as an object in a sentence.

Prepositions of time show the relationship of time between the nouns to the other parts of a sentence. Common preposition of time: On, at, in, from, to, for, since, ago, before, till/until, by, etc. are the most common.

Negative adverbs are used to make negative statements. English negative adverbs include no, not, never, and nowhere.

Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t take on the regular –d, -ed, or -ied spelling patterns of the past simple (V2) or past participle (V3). Many of the irregular V2 and V3 forms are the same, such as: cut – cut, had – had, let – let, hurt – hurt, fed- fed, sold-sold. Irregular verbs are also known as strong verbs. Here are nine that are used more often than the rest. These nine irregular verb examples also happen to be among the most commonly used words in the English language.