Correcting Various Run-Ons

For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 17.

example

Some people doubt the existence of climate change, few can deny that the weather has become more extreme and dangerous.

a. Some people doubt the existence of climate change, so few can deny that the weather has become more extreme and dangerous.

b. Few can deny that the weather has become more extreme and dangerous and some people doubt the existence of climate change.

c. Although some people doubt the existence of climate change, few can deny that the weather has become more extreme and dangerous.

  1. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: More than sixteen hundred tornadoes tore through the United States in 2011, hundreds of people lost their lives.

  2. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: That same year, parts of the Midwest experienced severe flooding droughts in Texas cost farmers more than $7 billion.

  3. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: Some cities are taking steps to adapt to environmental changes, they are focusing on the biggest threats.

  4. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: Global temperatures are rising, sea levels are also rising—a threat to coastal regions.

  5. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: As a result, some coastal cities are planning to build protective walls, others are raising roadbeds.

  6. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: Extreme heat is another major problem, urban planners are studying different ways to address it.

  7. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: New York City is painting some rooftops white, light and heat will be reflected away from the city.

  8. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: In Chicago, landscapers are planting heat-tolerant trees, these trees should help cool the environment and reduce flooding during heavy rains.

  9. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: All these efforts are encouraging most parts of the United States are doing little or nothing to plan for ongoing environmental changes.

  10. Question

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    Correcting Various Run-Ons - For each of the following, choose the sentence that best corrects the run-on.: One study reports that only fourteen states are undertaking such planning the threats of severe weather remain.