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Which is a run-on sentence?

Sarah is from Vindale, now she lives in Riverside.

The child chews her food carefully.

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Which is a run-on sentence?

It was snowing I wore my black boots.

Darkness comes quickly on long winter nights.

key idea

A sentence is a group of words that forms a complete thought. It has both a subject and a verb.

My friends walk along the path.

A run-on sentence is made up of two sentences that are joined without end punctuation or with just a comma.

I knocked on the door it opened.

It started raining, we ran inside.

To fix a run-on sentence, separate it into two sentences. Add end punctuation after the first sentence, and capitalize the second sentence.

I knocked on the door. It opened.

It started raining. We ran inside.

You can also fix a run-on sentence by rewriting it as a compound sentence. A compound sentence is two sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction such as and, but, or, or so.

I knocked on the door, and it opened.

It started raining, so we ran inside.

solution

It was snowing I wore my black boots is a run-on sentence. It has two sentences that are joined without end punctuation: It was snowing and I wore my black boots.

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