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Exercise G6-8
Revising run-on sentences
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Suggested revision: My sister Elaine was awarded the Medal of Honor, but she was not able to attend the awards ceremony. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: 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. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: Medical students do not have much social life because their course work is very demanding. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: 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. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: Travertine, a type of pitted stone commonly used as a building material, is imported to the United States from Mexico, Peru, Italy, and Turkey. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: We all make mistakes; no one is perfect. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: After Hitler’s forces invaded Poland, the leaders of Britain and France declared war on Germany. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: Although most parents want their children to do well in school, they don’t always know how to help them succeed. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: When a pope dies or retires, cardinals from around the world gather in Rome to elect a new pope, who will serve as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. For more help, see section G6.
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Suggested revision: 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. For more help, see section G6.