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Recognizing Run-Ons 2

Recognizing Run-Ons 2

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. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s saw the development of many African American artists and writers the achievements of that time were not limited to the arts.

comma splice

fused sentence

correct sentence

Recognizing Run-Ons 2: 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. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s saw the development of many African American artists and writers the achievements of that time were not limited to the arts.

Question

2. The New York Renaissance was an African American basketball team formed in Harlem, the team played its first game in November 1923.

comma splice

fused sentence

correct sentence

Recognizing Run-Ons 2: 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. The New York Renaissance was an African American basketball team formed in Harlem, the team played its first game in November 1923.

Question

3. The New York Renaissance was named after the Harlem ballroom where the team played its games the ballroom’s owner would not let them play there otherwise.

comma splice

fused sentence

correct sentence

Recognizing Run-Ons 2: 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. The New York Renaissance was named after the Harlem ballroom where the team played its games the ballroom’s owner would not let them play there otherwise.

Question

4. The team won its first game, its record that year was 15-7.

comma splice

fused sentence

correct sentence

Question

5. The “Rens” soon became popular and were playing more than one hundred games a season, the players were often turned away by prejudiced hotel owners and slept on the team bus.

comma splice

fused sentence

correct sentence

Recognizing Run-Ons 2: 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. The “Rens” soon became popular and were playing more than one hundred games a season, the players were often turned away by prejudiced hotel owners and slept on the team bus.