A tooth abscess differs from a gum abscess by the source of the original infection. The tooth abscess (or periapical abscess) originates from the pulp of the tooth and exits out the tooth's apex at the bottom of the root. A gum abscess (or periodontal abscess) starts in a gum pocket outside of the tooth next to the root.
Click here to see a 239-word sentence that is a perfectly fine sentence (structurally). When two independent clauses are connected by only a comma, they constitute a run-on sentence that is called a comma-splice. The example just above (about the sunscreen) is a comma-splice.
Two types of run-on sentences are fused sentences and comma splices. Strategies for Correcting Fused Sentences: 1. Create a compound sentence. Inserting a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) plus a comma correctly links these independent clauses.xample of a Comma Splice: She writes the music, he plays the guitar. In the above sentence, a comma separates the two independent clauses, but a coordinating conjunction is also necessary. BCCC Tutoring Center 4 Run-On Sentences: Examples and Explanations Examples: It was raining Naomi could not find her umbrella.