Reply to this post with one of the following run-ons corrected, accompanied by a 1 – 2 sentence explanation of how you made your correction, and I’ll give you +1 extra credit on an assignment you need points on:
- Our solar system has nine major planets in it, however, only one planet is known to have intelligent life on it.
- Most asteroids are far away, therefore they are dim and hard to see.
- Looking through a high-powered telescope allows you to see Saturn’s rings they are thousands of kilometers long.
- Check the coordinates of your telescope I can’t see Mars, the red planet.
- Marie, my best friend, is interested in stargazing she has a map of the solar system.
Most asteroids are far away, therefore they are dim and hard to see.
Correction: Most asteroids are far away; therefore, they are dim and hard to see.
Although a comma seems acceptable for this run-on, it is not. A semi-colon is needed because the sentence stands as two independent closely related clauses.
Looking through a high-powered telescope allows you to see Saturn’s rings they are thousands of kilometers long.
Correction: Looking through a high-powered telescope allows you to see Saturn’s rings, and they are thousands of kilometers long.
The run-on sentence above are two sentences connected. The sentence has no connection conjunction.
Excellent. Therefore is often a false “coordinate conjunction.” It’s an impostor. +1