Question

Pick out the run-on sentence from the following sentences.

Multiple Choice
As soon as I sat down again, someone knocked on the door.
As a last bit of frustration, my daughter came downstairs and asked me to drive her over to a friend's house before I went back to work.
I thought I would relax over my coffee, I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch.
I politely got rid of the people at the door and went back to finish lunch.

Answer 1

I thought I would relax over my coffee, I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch.

Five ways to correct....

1. Separate the two clauses with a period.

I thought I would relax over my coffee. I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch.

2. Separate the two clauses with a semi-colon.

I thought I would relax over my coffee; I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch.

3. Connect the two clauses with a coordinating conjunction.

I thought I would relax over my coffee, for I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch.

4. Change one of the independent clauses into a dependent clause using a subordinating conjunction.

Because I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch, I thought I would relax over my coffee.

5. Use a conjunctive adverb to separate the two clauses.

I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch; consequently, I thought I would relax over my coffee.

Answer 2

I thought I would relax over my coffee, I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a run on sentence because the two parts of this sentence could stand on their own as their own sentences. The statement 'I thought I would relax over my coffee.' is one completed thought and one completed sentence. This is the same case as the statement 'I had to break up a fight between my two young sons about which television channel to watch.''