Question

Which does not contain a run-on sentence?

a. The Southern Cross was important to the aboriginal people, who believed the pattern of the stars was of a wedge-tailed eagle.
b. The Southern Cross was important, aboriginal people believed the pattern of the stars was a wedge-tailed eagle.
c. The Southern Cross was a wedge-tailed eagle pattern, the aboriginal people, they believed the stars were important.
d. The Southern Cross was important to the aboriginal people, they believed the pattern of the stars was of a wedge-tailed eagle.

Answer 1

Answer: a. The Southern Cross was important to the aboriginal people, who believed the pattern of the stars was of a wedge-tailed eagle.

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Answer 2

a. The Southern Cross was important to the aboriginal people, who believed the pattern of the stars was of a wedge-tailed eagle.
The sentence above doesn't contain a run-on or isn't a run-on sentence.


A run-on is a phrase, statement or sentence of two or more independent clauses –clauses are independent phrases which has an subject and predicate and, can stand by its own self- that were conjoint or combined together regardless of punctuation. These are also called fused sentences.