Run-on sentences 2

In each pair, click on the version that is NOT a run-on sentence.

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◯ Death Valley National Monument, located in southern California and Nevada, is one of the hottest places on Earth, temperatures there have soared as high as 134 degrees Fahrenheit.
◯ Death Valley National Monument, located in southern California and Nevada, is one of the hottest places on Earth; temperatures there have soared as high as 134 degrees Fahrenheit.
Run-on sentences 2 – 1

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◯ Anamaria opened the boxes crammed with toys, and out sprang griffins, dragons, and phoenixes.
◯ Anamaria opened the boxes crammed with toys, out sprang griffins, dragons, and phoenixes.
Run-on sentences 2 – 2

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◯ Subatomic physics is filled with strange and marvelous particles, tiny bodies of matter that shiver, wobble, pulse, and flatten to no thickness at all.
◯ Subatomic physics is filled with strange and marvelous particles, tiny bodies of matter shiver, wobble, pulse, and flatten to no thickness at all.
Run-on sentences 2 – 3

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◯ As his first major project, Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City’s Central Park, it is one of the most beautiful urban spaces in the United States.
◯ As his first major project, Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City’s Central Park, one of the most beautiful urban spaces in the United States.
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◯ The neurosurgeon explained that the medication could have one side effect, it might cause me to experience temporary memory loss.
◯ The neurosurgeon explained that the medication could have one side effect: It might cause me to experience temporary memory loss.
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