Run On Sentences Exercise Quiz
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After each run-on sentence below select the remedy that would best repair that sentence. If the sentence is correctly written the way it stands, select the first option. The explanation will attempt to justify our editing of that sentence
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Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident.
- A.
life; she
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
Life, she
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- 2.
The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston.
- A.
snow. And
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
Snow, and
- D.
Snow; and
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- 3.
The show begins at 7:30 make sure you're there before 7:15.
- A.
7:30. Make
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
7:30, make
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- 4.
Marcellino always knew his way around the woods this is something he could always depend on.
- A.
woods, this
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
woods; this
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- 5.
Having prepared himself well for the realtor exams and having exhausted everyone in the family with his requests that someone help him with the true-and-false drills, Jeffrey, who had never been a particularly good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life.
- A.
This sentence is correct
- B.
Drills; Jeffrey
- C.
Jeffrey -- who had never been a particularly good student in high school -- knew
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- 6.
Throughout history money and religion were closely linked there was little distinction between government and religion.
- A.
Linked, there was
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
linked because there was
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- 7.
The head of state and the religious leader were often the same person all power rested in one ruler.
- A.
Person; all
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
Person, all
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- 8.
These powerful leaders decided what objects would serve as money their backing encouraged public faith in the money.
- A.
money, their
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
Money. Their
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- 9.
Coins were minted of precious metals the religious overtones of money were then strengthened.
- A.
This sentence is correct
- B.
Metals, the
- C.
When coins were minted of precious metals, the . . . .
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- 10.
People already believed the precious metals to be divine so their use in money intensified its allure.
- A.
Divine their
- B.
This sentence is correct
- C.
Divine, so
- D.
divine; so
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