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2. Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

A. The concert started and the music was incredible.
B. Holidays always go by too quickly since I get those days off.
C. They danced for hours; they never felt remotely tired.
D. Tomas was frustrated during class he forgot his book report.

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d, because you could add a semicolon, or even break it into 2 sentences
User Rich Green
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Hey there!

A run-on sentence is a sentence that contains multiple ideas that could be split into multiple sentences but continues on without the use of transitions or punctuation.

Notice in the last sentence I just typed that I used the word "but" to link two related ideas together. I could have split that sentence into two, but kept it a single sentence and used a transition since the idea would flow better that way. Run-on sentences don't use a transition and just keep rambling on until an eventual stop.

Let's take a look at your answer choices:

"The concert started and the music was incredible." Notice how the word "and" is used to link the ideas. This isn't a run-on sentence.

"Holidays always go by too quickly since I get those days off." Again, "since" is used to link the two ideas together. This isn't a run-on sentence, either.

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They danced for hours; they never felt remotely tired." This is an example of a sentence that links two ideas together using punctuation. You could replace the semicolon with a period and the sentence would retain its sense and meaning. Since this is the purpose of semicolons, this isn't a run-on sentence either.

"Tomas was frustrated during class he forgot his book report." There's a word missing between these two ideas. Some sort of punctuation (a semicolon) or a transition (something like "since" or "because" would be good) is needed for this to make sense.

Your answer will be D.

Hope this helped you out! :-)
User Nepomuk Pajonk
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