Correcting Run-Ons by Adding a Dependent Word

1. Your memory can play tricks on you.

   Question

   A.

   Your memory, can play tricks on you.

   B.

   Tricks can be played on you by your memory.

   C.

   Correct

   Correcting Run-Ons by Adding a Dependent Word - Question 1
2. It is often easy to forget things you want desperately to remember them.

   Question

   A.

   It is often easy to forget things. You want desperately to remember them.

   B.

   It is often easy to forget things when you want desperately to remember them.

   C.

   Correct

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3. You have probably had the experience of forgetting an acquaintance’s name the name comes to your mind only when it is too late.

   Question

   A.

   You have probably had the experience of forgetting an acquaintance’s name; the name comes to your mind only when it is too late.

   B.

   You have probably had the experience of forgetting an acquaintance’s name, which comes to your mind only when it is too late.

   C.

   Correct

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4. You have also probably been unable to find your keys once in a while, you put them down somewhere without thinking.

   Question

   A.

   You have also probably been unable to find your keys once in a while because you put them down somewhere without thinking.

   B.

   Once in a while, you put down your keys somewhere without thinking, meaning you have been unable to find your keys.

   C.

   Correct

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5. At other times, however, you may find it difficult to forget some things, you wish you could never think of them again.

   Question

   A.

   At other times, however, you may find it difficult to forget some things, so you wish you could never think of them again.

   B.

   At other times, however, you may find it difficult to forget some things even though you wish you could never think of them again.

   C.

   Correct

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6. If you have an annoying song in your mind, you may spend hours wishing desperately to forget it.

   Question

   A.

   If you have an annoying song, in your mind, you may spend hours wishing desperately to forget it.

   B.

   If you have an annoying song in your mind, but you may spend hours wishing desperately to forget it.

   C.

   Correct

   Correcting Run-Ons by Adding a Dependent Word - Question 6
7. Sometimes, you may find yourself forced to relive your most embarrassing moment over and over again in your mind your memory will not let you leave that part of your past behind.

   Question

   A.

   Sometimes, you may find yourself forced to relive your most embarrassing moment over and over again in your mind; your memory will not let you leave that part of your past behind.

   B.

   Sometimes, you may find yourself forced to relive your most embarrassing moment over and over again in your mind although your memory will not let you leave that part of your past behind.

   C.

   Correct

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8. Some scholars believe that these annoying habits of memory evolved for a reason, it is hard to imagine, though, any good reason for developing the ability to forget where you left your keys.

   Question

   A.

   Some scholars believe that these annoying habits of memory evolved for a reason, it is hard to imagine, though. Any good reason for developing the ability to forget where you left your keys.

   B.

   Some scholars believe that these annoying habits of memory evolved for a reason, though it is hard to imagine any good reason for developing the ability to forget where you left your keys.

   C.

   Correct

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