Run-on sentences 4

In each pair, click on the word group that is a complete sentence, not a run-on.

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◯ Obama was the first African American to be elected president of the United States, in fact, he received almost 53 percent of the popular vote in 2008.
◯ Obama was the first African American to be elected president of the United States; in fact, he received almost 53 percent of the popular vote in 2008.
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◯ Obama’s grandmother was not able to see her grandson win the presidency, she died two days before the election.
◯ Obama’s grandmother was not able to see her grandson win the presidency: She died two days before the election.
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◯ Obama’s father received a master’s degree in economics from Harvard University he later became an economist in his native Kenya.
◯ Obama’s father received a master’s degree in economics from Harvard University; he later became an economist in his native Kenya.
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◯ Obama’s mother was born in Kansas, but her family moved several times before settling in Hawaii.
◯ Obama’s mother was born in Kansas, her family moved several times before settling in Hawaii.
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◯ In 1990, Obama became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review; he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991.
◯ In 1990, Obama became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991.
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◯ Obama served in the Illinois state senate for eight years, he was elected to the US Senate at age forty-three.
◯ After he had served in the Illinois state senate for eight years, Obama was elected to the US Senate at age forty-three.
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◯ Obama first gained nationwide prominence in July 2004, that’s when he gave the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention.
◯ Obama first gained nationwide prominence in July 2004; that’s when he gave the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention.
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◯ Obama’s vice president for both terms was Joe Biden he was first elected to the US Senate in 1972.
◯ Obama’s vice president for both terms was Joe Biden, who was first elected to the US Senate in 1972.
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◯ In his November 2008 acceptance speech, Obama encouraged Americans to face the challenges ahead: “I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two hundred and twenty-one years—block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.”
◯ In his November 2008 acceptance speech, Obama encouraged Americans to face the challenges ahead, “I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two hundred and twenty-one years—block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.”
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◯ In his second inaugural address in January 2013, Obama laid out broad goals for climate change legislation, immigration reform, and gun control; in addition, he said the United States must be a “source of hope” for all people around the world.
◯ In his second inaugural address in January 2013, Obama laid out broad goals for climate change legislation, immigration reform, and gun control, in addition, he said the United States must be a “source of hope” for all people around the world.
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