Recognizing Run-Ons 1

Recognizing Run-Ons 1

The following sentences may be run-ons. If the sentence is a run-on, identify it as a fused sentence or a comma splice. (If the sentence is not a run-on, select “correct sentence.”)

For help with this exercise, see section 23a.

Question

1. Not everyone has to travel to get to work in fact more and more people are working from home.

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Recognizing Run-Ons 1: The following sentences may be run-ons. If the sentence is a run-on, identify it as a fused sentence or a comma splice. (If the sentence is not a run-on, select “correct sentence.”) - 1. Not everyone has to travel to get to work in fact more and more people are working from home.

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2. For a long time, having a good job meant having to commute the only people who worked at their houses were homemakers and stay-at-home parents.

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Recognizing Run-Ons 1: The following sentences may be run-ons. If the sentence is a run-on, identify it as a fused sentence or a comma splice. (If the sentence is not a run-on, select “correct sentence.”) - 2. For a long time, having a good job meant having to commute the only people who worked at their houses were homemakers and stay-at-home parents.

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3. Now computers and fax machines make working at home a possibility, these machines connect workers to the company offices.

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Recognizing Run-Ons 1: The following sentences may be run-ons. If the sentence is a run-on, identify it as a fused sentence or a comma splice. (If the sentence is not a run-on, select “correct sentence.”) - 3. Now computers and fax machines make working at home a possibility, these machines connect workers to the company offices.

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4. Companies save money when employees work at home, they minimize real estate costs.

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Recognizing Run-Ons 1: The following sentences may be run-ons. If the sentence is a run-on, identify it as a fused sentence or a comma splice. (If the sentence is not a run-on, select “correct sentence.”) - 4. Companies save money when employees work at home, they minimize real estate costs.

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5. Employees, too, enjoy some benefits from working at home.

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Recognizing Run-Ons 1: The following sentences may be run-ons. If the sentence is a run-on, identify it as a fused sentence or a comma splice. (If the sentence is not a run-on, select “correct sentence.”) - 5. Employees, too, enjoy some benefits from working at home.