EXERCISE 15–3Revising run–on sentences

Revise the run-on sentence using the method of revision suggested in brackets. Answers may vary.

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My sister Elaine was awarded the Medal of Honor, however, she was not able to attend the awards ceremony. [Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.]

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When the professor asked why the suffix -gate is sometimes added to a word to denote a political scandal, none of the students knew why, it was the first they had heard of Watergate. [Use a semicolon.]

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Medical students do not have much social life, their course work is very demanding. [Restructure the sentence by subordinating the second clause.]

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Albert Einstein’s mother insisted that her son take violin lessons as a child, Einstein himself didn’t like the lessons, but he did enjoy listening to Mozart’s violin sonatas later in life. [Make two sentences.]

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Travertine is a type of pitted stone commonly used as a building material, it is imported to the United States from Mexico, Peru, Italy, and Turkey. [Restructure the sentence by using a subordinate phrase or clause.]

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We all make mistakes no one is perfect. [Use a semicolon.]

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Hitler’s forces invaded Poland, then the leaders of Britain and France declared war on Germany. [Restructure the sentence by subordinating the first clause.]

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Most parents want their children to do well in school, however, they don’t always know how to help them succeed. [Restructure the sentence by subordinating the first clause.]

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When a pope dies or retires, cardinals from around the world gather in Rome to elect a new pope, he will serve as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. [Restructure the sentence by subordinating the second independent clause.]

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Ned Kelly was an infamous outlaw and convicted murderer in nineteenth-century Australia, several months before his execution Kelly wrote a letter to Parliament in which he admitted killing a police officer, but he claimed that he had acted in self-defense. [Make two sentences.]

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