Homework Help: English

Posted by Sandia on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 6:10pm.

Which one of the following is a run-on sentence?

A. I would talk to Frank if I knew him, but people don’t ever talk to him.

B. I think Frank might be too busy he likes to make people think he’s smart.

C. Jerry told me he likes June, but Hank likes Julie better.

D. I’m not a fan of wrestling, but Lie is.

I think the answer is "B"

English - Writeacher, Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 6:14pm
Right.
English - Asi, Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 6:15pm
The answer is B, because all your other sentences use a conjunction to connect the independent clauses that could be sentences, but B doesn't do that. It just goes on without a conjunction or punctuation to make it into another sentence.
English - Sandia, Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 6:18pm
Thank you

I think Frank might be too busy. He likes to make people think he’s smart.

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