IXL | Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Which is a run-on sentence?

My pet cat cleans his whiskers after each meal.

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Which is a complete sentence?

The woman trims Kristen's long black hair.

Jaden doesn't waste money he saves it.

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

The woman trims Kristen's long black hair is a complete sentence. The subject is the woman, and the verb is trims.

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