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Choose the sentence that punctuates this run on sentence correctly: I was late for my appointment so I accidentally ran a red light.

A.) I was late for my appointment, so, I accidentally ran a red light.

B.) I was late for my appointment; so I accidentally ran a red light.

C.) I was late for my appointment, so I accidentally ran a red light.

D.) I was late for my appointment so, I accidentally ran a red light.

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The answer is C.
The pause in a sentence usually comes before the conjunction, so you can eliminate D.
B is incorrect because a semicolon is not used for a pause in a sentence, it is to connect two ideas in a sentence.
A is incorrect because ‘so’ is not a parenthetical phrase and does not need two commas, it only needs one in the front.
Hope this helps you.
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D.) Commas Come After So Or And Or But
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