Question

Which sentence is a run-on sentence?


A.
A professional marathon runner can run 26 miles in just over two hours.


B.
The cheetah is the fastest land animal; the sailfish is the fastest animal in water.


C.
Snails move very slowly, a banana slug can move 6 inches in two hours.


D.
The gazelle can only run about half as fast as the cheetah.

Answer 1

b

Answer 2

sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction

Answer 3

In which of these do you see an odd grammatical error?

Answer 4

b?

Answer 5

it looks like C?

Answer 6

The semicolon in B is used correctly, where as the comma in choice C is used incorrectly.

Answer 7

yes--that is true

Answer 8

oh

Answer 9

B.