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Correcting Run-Ons 2

Correcting Run-Ons 2

Identify the subordinating conjunction that would best connect the ideas in each comma splice.

For help with this exercise, see section 23b.

Question

1. Thomas Jefferson introduced pasta to this country, he brought a pasta-making machine from Italy.

although

because

when

Correcting Run-Ons 2: Identify the subordinating conjunction that would best connect the ideas in each comma splice. - 1. Thomas Jefferson introduced pasta to this country, he brought a pasta-making machine from Italy.

Question

2. Pasta was already eaten in Italy, more people in the south than in the north ate it.

after

because

although

Correcting Run-Ons 2: Identify the subordinating conjunction that would best connect the ideas in each comma splice. - 2. Pasta was already eaten in Italy, more people in the south than in the north ate it.

Question

3. A few Americans had heard of this unusual and exotic food, they had come from the British upper class.

after

because

before

when

Correcting Run-Ons 2: Identify the subordinating conjunction that would best connect the ideas in each comma splice. - 3. A few Americans had heard of this unusual and exotic food, they had come from the British upper class.

Question

4. Marco Polo may have brought pasta to Italy from China, he took several trips there.

since

before

although

Correcting Run-Ons 2: Identify the subordinating conjunction that would best connect the ideas in each comma splice. - 4. Marco Polo may have brought pasta to Italy from China, he took several trips there.

Question

5. Many scholars dispute this claim, they say that Marco Polo did not do all the things people claim he did.

although

because

before

Correcting Run-Ons 2: Identify the subordinating conjunction that would best connect the ideas in each comma splice. - 5. Many scholars dispute this claim, they say that Marco Polo did not do all the things people claim he did.