Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

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Read the following sentence from a draft of an academic essay:

"Although historical analysis often frames the Industrial Revolution as a sudden rupture with previous economic models; nevertheless, recent quantitative studies demonstrate gradual shifts in capital accumulation, furthermore, these findings suggest that technological innovation alone cannot account for structural transformation."

Which of the following revisions best corrects the sentence boundary and syntactic errors while preserving formal academic tone?

Although historical analysis often frames the Industrial Revolution as a sudden rupture with previous economic models, recent quantitative studies demonstrate gradual shifts in capital accumulation; furthermore, these findings suggest that technological innovation alone cannot account for structural transformation.

Although historical analysis often frames the Industrial Revolution as a sudden rupture with previous economic models; nevertheless, recent quantitative studies demonstrate gradual shifts in capital accumulation. Furthermore, these findings suggest that technological innovation alone cannot account for structural transformation.

While historical analysis often frames the Industrial Revolution as a sudden rupture with previous economic models, recent quantitative studies demonstrate gradual shifts in capital accumulation, furthermore, these findings suggest that technological innovation alone cannot account for structural transformation.

Historical analysis often frames the Industrial Revolution as a sudden rupture with previous economic models, recent quantitative studies demonstrating gradual shifts in capital accumulation; furthermore, these findings suggest that technological innovation alone cannot account for structural transformation.

Although historical analysis often frames the Industrial Revolution as a sudden rupture with previous economic models, recent quantitative studies demonstrate gradual shifts in capital accumulation, and furthermore, these findings suggesting that technological innovation alone cannot account for structural transformation.

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Cevap: Although historical analysis often frames the Industrial Revolution as a sudden rupture with previous economic models, recent quantitative studies demonstrate gradual shifts in capital accumulation; furthermore, these findings suggest that technological innovation alone cannot account for structural transformation.

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The correct revision removes the redundant 'nevertheless' following the subordinate clause introduced by 'Although' and uses a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb 'furthermore' to join two independent clauses without creating a comma splice.

The correct revision properly resolves both sentence structure issues. First, it removes 'nevertheless', eliminating the redundant dual transition caused by combining 'Although' with a semicolon and 'nevertheless'. Second, it places a semicolon before 'furthermore', correctly joining the second and third independent clauses according to Standard English conventions.

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Identify sentence boundary and subordination errors in the original sentence.

Found two main errors: 1) Double subordination/coordination by pairing 'Although' with '; nevertheless,', and 2) a comma splice joining two independent clauses using only a comma before 'furthermore'.

Subordinate clauses starting with 'Although' should not be paired with adversarial conjunctive adverbs like 'nevertheless'. Independent clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs like 'furthermore' require a semicolon or a period.

Evaluate choices for proper clause joining and elimination of redundancy.

The revision that changes the semicolon after 'models' to a comma (completing the dependent clause) and replaces the comma before 'furthermore' with a semicolon correctly joins the independent clauses.

A semicolon preceding a conjunctive adverb properly separates independent clauses, avoiding a comma splice.

Verify that all clauses maintain grammatical completeness (subject and finite verb).

The correct option preserves finite verbs in all three clauses without fragmenting any component.

Participial forms such as 'demonstrating' or 'suggesting' without auxiliary verbs turn independent clauses into non-finite fragments.

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Sentence Boundary Rules and Conjunctive Adverb Punctuation

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Consider the following draft sentence from an essay on historical linguistics:

"Tracing the evolution of phonological shifts across isolated dialects presents significant methodological hurdles; nevertheless, recent computational algorithms have enabled researchers to reconstruct ancestral sound changes with unprecedented accuracy, however, these models still require validation against manual textual transcriptions."

Which of the following options provides a grammatically correct revision of the sentence?

Although tracing the evolution of phonological shifts across isolated dialects presents significant methodological hurdles, recent computational algorithms have enabled researchers to reconstruct ancestral sound changes with unprecedented accuracy; however, these models still require validation against manual textual transcriptions.

Tracing the evolution of phonological shifts across isolated dialects presents significant methodological hurdles, nevertheless, recent computational algorithms have enabled researchers to reconstruct ancestral sound changes with unprecedented accuracy, however, these models still require validation against manual textual transcriptions.

While tracing the evolution of phonological shifts across isolated dialects presents significant methodological hurdles, and recent computational algorithms enabling researchers to reconstruct ancestral sound changes with unprecedented accuracy, although these models still require validation against manual textual transcriptions.

Tracing the evolution of phonological shifts across isolated dialects presents significant methodological hurdles, nevertheless recent computational algorithms have enabled researchers to reconstruct ancestral sound changes with unprecedented accuracy; however, these models still require validation against manual textual transcriptions.

Tracing the evolution of phonological shifts across isolated dialects presents significant methodological hurdles; nevertheless, recent computational algorithms have enabled researchers to reconstruct ancestral sound changes with unprecedented accuracy, moreover, these models still require validation against manual textual transcriptions.

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Cevap: Although tracing the evolution of phonological shifts across isolated dialects presents significant methodological hurdles, recent computational algorithms have enabled researchers to reconstruct ancestral sound changes with unprecedented accuracy; however, these models still require validation against manual textual transcriptions.

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The grammatically correct revision replaces the comma splice before 'however' with a semicolon and converts the initial clause into a subordinate clause starting with 'Although'.

The correct revision resolves the comma splice by using the subordinating conjunction 'Although' to turn the first idea into a dependent clause, and using a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb 'however' to connect the final independent clause. This ensures every clause boundary follows standard English punctuation rules.

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Identify the independent clauses and transitional adverbs in the original sentence.

The original sentence contains three independent clauses connected by conjunctive adverbs: 'nevertheless' (preceded correctly by a semicolon) and 'however' (preceded incorrectly by a comma).

Conjunctive adverbs such as 'however', 'nevertheless', and 'moreover' cannot join two independent clauses with a comma alone.

Evaluate the punctuation surrounding the conjunctive adverb 'however'.

Joining the clause ending in 'unprecedented accuracy' to 'these models still require...' using a comma and 'however' produces a comma splice.

When a conjunctive adverb links two independent clauses, it must be preceded by a semicolon or period, not a comma.

Select the option that fixes the boundary error while preserving proper clause relationships.

The revision beginning with 'Although' subordinating the first clause and placing a semicolon before 'however' establishes clear syntactic hierarchy and eliminates all comma splices.

Subordinating one clause with 'Although' removes the need for 'nevertheless', and using a semicolon before 'however' properly joins the remaining independent clauses.

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Sentence Boundaries and Conjunctive Adverbs

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Read the following excerpt from an essay on environmental policy:

"Recent econometric models suggest that carbon pricing mechanisms effectively curb industrial emissions, however, their implementation frequently encounters socio-political resistance in developing economies reliant on fossil-fuel infrastructure."

Which of the following revisions best corrects the sentence boundary error in the excerpt while maintaining formal academic tone?

Recent econometric models suggest that carbon pricing mechanisms effectively curb industrial emissions; however, their implementation frequently encounters socio-political resistance in developing economies reliant on fossil-fuel infrastructure.

Recent econometric models suggest that carbon pricing mechanisms effectively curb industrial emissions, furthermore, their implementation frequently encounters socio-political resistance in developing economies reliant on fossil-fuel infrastructure.

Although recent econometric models suggest that carbon pricing mechanisms effectively curb industrial emissions. However, their implementation frequently encounters socio-political resistance in developing economies reliant on fossil-fuel infrastructure.

Recent econometric models suggest that carbon pricing mechanisms effectively curb industrial emissions, implementation of these mechanisms frequently encounters socio-political resistance in developing economies reliant on fossil-fuel infrastructure.

Recent econometric models suggest that carbon pricing mechanisms effectively curb industrial emissions, this demonstrates that their implementation frequently encounters socio-political resistance in developing economies reliant on fossil-fuel infrastructure.

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Cevap: Recent econometric models suggest that carbon pricing mechanisms effectively curb industrial emissions; however, their implementation frequently encounters socio-political resistance in developing economies reliant on fossil-fuel infrastructure.

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The revision that replaces the comma before 'however' with a semicolon correctly fixes the sentence boundary error while preserving the contrasting logical relationship between clauses.

The correct revision resolves the comma splice by placing a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb 'however'. When two independent clauses are connected by a conjunctive adverb, a semicolon (or period) is required to separate the clauses grammatically.

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Analyze the structural boundary of the original sentence.

Identified two independent clauses ('Recent econometric models suggest...' and 'their implementation frequently encounters...') linked only by a comma and the conjunctive adverb 'however'.

Conjunctive adverbs cannot join two independent clauses with a comma alone; doing so produces a comma splice.

Evaluate punctuation strategies to fix comma splices containing conjunctive adverbs.

A semicolon preceding the conjunctive adverb (or separating the clauses into two sentences) correctly establishes clause boundaries.

Independent clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs require either a semicolon before the adverb or a full sentence stop.

Assess options for grammatical accuracy, logical coherence, and academic tone.

The revision using '; however,' maintains clause independence, correct punctuation mechanics, and accurate logical contrast.

This is the only choice that resolves the punctuation error without creating fragments or introducing new run-on structures.

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Sentence Boundaries and Conjunction Mechanics with Conjunctive Adverbs

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In high-register academic writing, complex multi-clause sentences must adhere strictly to standard English sentence boundaries. Which of the following sentences are grammatically complete and correctly punctuated without any fragments, comma splices, or run-on errors? Select all that apply.

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Although the preliminary survey of ancient manuscript fragments suggested a late medieval origin, subsequent radiocarbon dating revealed that the parchment was manufactured in the eighth century; consequently, historians were forced to revise their timeline of regional literacy.

The comparative literature scholars analyzed the translated texts for thematic consistency, however, they failed to account for subtle idiomatic shifts that occurred across successive editions.

Whereas early cognitive psychologists viewed memory retrieval as a passive reconstruction of past events, contemporary neuroscientists argue that each act of recall actively alters the underlying neural network, thereby modifying the memory itself.

Because the macro-economic model failed to integrate real-time market fluctuations and overlooked structural disparities in resource distribution that had persisted for over a decade.

Ethnomusicologists recorded hundreds of hours of traditional oral poetry in remote alpine valleys they hoped these digital preservation efforts would stimulate interest among younger generations.

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Cevap: Although the preliminary survey of ancient manuscript fragments suggested a late medieval origin, subsequent radiocarbon dating revealed that the parchment was manufactured in the eighth century; consequently, historians were forced to revise their timeline of regional literacy.; Whereas early cognitive psychologists viewed memory retrieval as a passive reconstruction of past events, contemporary neuroscientists argue that each act of recall actively alters the underlying neural network, thereby modifying the memory itself.

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The selections beginning with 'Although the preliminary survey...' and 'Whereas early cognitive psychologists...' are both grammatically complete and correctly punctuated without sentence boundary errors.

The sentence starting with 'Although the preliminary survey...' correctly connects a dependent clause to an independent clause with a comma and attaches a second independent clause using a semicolon and conjunctive adverb '; consequently,'. The sentence starting with 'Whereas early cognitive psychologists...' cleanly joins a subordinate contrasting clause to an independent main clause followed by a participial modifier. Both maintain valid sentence boundaries.

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Analyze each option to identify whether all clauses form a complete syntactic unit.

Determine if any selection lacks a main independent clause or consists solely of a subordinate structure.

Sentence fragments fail to express a complete thought because they lack a primary independent clause.

Examine the boundary punctuation between independent clauses.

Identify improper joining mechanics such as commas without coordinating conjunctions or missing punctuation.

Connecting two independent clauses with only a comma creates a comma splice, while omitting punctuation entirely yields a fused run-on.

Verify punctuation rules for conjunctive adverbs.

Confirm that transitional adverbs like 'however' and 'consequently' are preceded by a semicolon when joining independent clauses.

Conjunctive adverbs cannot syntactically link independent clauses with a comma alone.

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Sentence Boundaries: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-On Sentences

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Read the following excerpt from a draft essay on public health policy:

"The implementation of strict municipal water fluoridation standards has significantly reduced dental caries across urban demographics, however, rural communities frequently lack the centralized infrastructure necessary to maintain consistent chemical monitoring, this discrepancy exacerbates existing regional health disparities."

Which of the following revisions best corrects the sentence boundary errors in the excerpt?

The implementation of strict municipal water fluoridation standards has significantly reduced dental caries across urban demographics; however, rural communities frequently lack the centralized infrastructure necessary to maintain consistent chemical monitoring, a discrepancy that exacerbates existing regional health disparities.

The implementation of strict municipal water fluoridation standards has significantly reduced dental caries across urban demographics, however, rural communities frequently lack the centralized infrastructure necessary to maintain consistent chemical monitoring, and this discrepancy exacerbates existing regional health disparities.

Although the implementation of strict municipal water fluoridation standards has significantly reduced dental caries across urban demographics. Rural communities frequently lack the centralized infrastructure necessary to maintain consistent chemical monitoring, this discrepancy exacerbates existing regional health disparities.

The implementation of strict municipal water fluoridation standards has significantly reduced dental caries across urban demographics however rural communities frequently lack the centralized infrastructure necessary to maintain consistent chemical monitoring, this discrepancy exacerbates existing regional health disparities.

The implementation of strict municipal water fluoridation standards has significantly reduced dental caries across urban demographics; however, rural communities frequently lack the centralized infrastructure necessary to maintain consistent chemical monitoring, this discrepancy exacerbates existing regional health disparities.

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Cevap: The implementation of strict municipal water fluoridation standards has significantly reduced dental caries across urban demographics; however, rural communities frequently lack the centralized infrastructure necessary to maintain consistent chemical monitoring, a discrepancy that exacerbates existing regional health disparities.

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The revision that places a semicolon before 'however' and converts the final clause into an appositive phrase ('a discrepancy that exacerbates...') correctly repairs all sentence boundary errors.

The correct option properly resolves both comma splices in the original sentence. It places a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb 'however' to connect the first two independent clauses, and rewrites the third independent clause as an appositive phrase ('a discrepancy that exacerbates...'), integrating all three thoughts seamlessly and grammatically.

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Identify the independent clauses and punctuation errors in the original excerpt.

The excerpt contains three independent clauses joined solely by commas: (1) 'The implementation... demographics', (2) 'rural communities... monitoring', and (3) 'this discrepancy... disparities'.

Joining independent clauses with commas without coordinating conjunctions creates comma splices.

Evaluate punctuation around the conjunctive adverb 'however'.

A conjunctive adverb connecting two independent clauses must be preceded by a semicolon or a period, not a comma.

Using a comma before 'however' when linking complete sentences is a grammatical error.

Select the revision that correctly separates or subordinate clauses to eliminate all comma splices without creating fragments.

Replacing the comma before 'however' with a semicolon and changing the final independent clause into a subordinate relative clause inside an appositive noun phrase creates a syntactically sound sentence.

This maintains clear logical relationships between clauses while adhering to Standard English sentence structure rules.

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Sentence Boundaries: Resolving Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

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In formal academic prose, maintaining clear syntactic boundaries is critical for rhetorical precision. Which of the following sentences are grammatically complete and free of sentence boundary errors, such as sentence fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences? Select all that apply.

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Although early quantum theorists posited that light exhibited dual wave-particle properties, subsequent empirical observations confirmed this hypothesis; consequently, classical physics underwent a fundamental paradigm shift.

Sociological studies demonstrate that urbanization reshapes community cohesion, however, rural traditions often persist through intergenerational storytelling.

While economic indicators suggested a robust recovery following the fiscal reforms, inflation rates rose sharply during the fourth quarter; this unexpected divergence forced central bankers to reevaluate their monetary policies.

Whereas historians traditionally viewed the collapse of the agrarian economy as an abrupt event triggered solely by ecological degradation rather than prolonged structural decay.

Neuroscientists have identified specific neural pathways responsible for fear conditioning these mechanisms operate independently of conscious cognitive processing.

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Cevap: Although early quantum theorists posited that light exhibited dual wave-particle properties, subsequent empirical observations confirmed this hypothesis; consequently, classical physics underwent a fundamental paradigm shift.; While economic indicators suggested a robust recovery following the fiscal reforms, inflation rates rose sharply during the fourth quarter; this unexpected divergence forced central bankers to reevaluate their monetary policies.

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The correct selections are the sentence discussing quantum theorists and classical physics, and the sentence regarding economic indicators and monetary policies.

The sentence detailing quantum physics and classical paradigm shifts correctly uses a subordinate clause followed by two independent clauses properly joined with a semicolon and the conjunctive adverb 'consequently'. Similarly, the sentence addressing economic indicators and central bank policies correctly links its independent clauses using a semicolon, avoiding any boundary errors.

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Analyze each clause structure in the sentence regarding quantum physics.

Identified a subordinate clause ('Although... properties'), a main clause ('subsequent... hypothesis'), and a second main clause ('consequently... shift') correctly joined by a semicolon and comma.

Semicolons followed by conjunctive adverbs are valid structural links between independent clauses.

Evaluate the sentence on sociological studies and urbanization.

Found two independent clauses joined by a comma before the conjunctive adverb 'however'.

Conjunctive adverbs cannot join independent clauses with only a comma; doing so creates a comma splice.

Inspect the sentence on economic indicators and inflation rates.

Verified that the subordinate clause leads into a complete independent clause, which is correctly linked to another independent clause via a semicolon.

The sentence adheres to standard punctuation and clause boundaries.

Examine the sentence regarding historians and agrarian economy collapse.

Detected a subordinating conjunction ('Whereas') introducing a clause with no main clause following it.

A dependent clause left standing alone constitutes a sentence fragment.

Review the sentence concerning neuroscientists and neural pathways.

Observed two independent clauses merged with zero connecting punctuation or conjunctions.

Fusing two independent clauses without punctuation forms a run-on sentence.

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Sentence Boundaries (Avoiding Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences)

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Read the following excerpt from a draft essay on behavioral economics:

"Although behavioral economists have long demonstrated that human decision-making is heavily influenced by cognitive biases, traditional macroeconomic models continue to assume perfect rationality, however, recent empirical studies from neuroeconomics are beginning to bridge this theoretical divide."

Which of the following revisions corrects the sentence boundary error while maintaining standard English conventions and preserving the original meaning of the excerpt?

Although behavioral economists have long demonstrated that human decision-making is heavily influenced by cognitive biases, traditional macroeconomic models continue to assume perfect rationality; however, recent empirical studies from neuroeconomics are beginning to bridge this theoretical divide.

Although behavioral economists have long demonstrated that human decision-making is heavily influenced by cognitive biases, traditional macroeconomic models continue to assume perfect rationality, recent empirical studies from neuroeconomics, however, are beginning to bridge this theoretical divide.

Although behavioral economists have long demonstrated that human decision-making is heavily influenced by cognitive biases, while traditional macroeconomic models continue to assume perfect rationality. However, recent empirical studies from neuroeconomics beginning to bridge this theoretical divide.

Behavioral economists have long demonstrated that human decision-making is heavily influenced by cognitive biases traditional macroeconomic models continue to assume perfect rationality, however, recent empirical studies from neuroeconomics are beginning to bridge this theoretical divide.

Although behavioral economists have long demonstrated that human decision-making is heavily influenced by cognitive biases. Traditional macroeconomic models continuing to assume perfect rationality; however, recent empirical studies from neuroeconomics are beginning to bridge this theoretical divide.

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Cevap: Although behavioral economists have long demonstrated that human decision-making is heavily influenced by cognitive biases, traditional macroeconomic models continue to assume perfect rationality; however, recent empirical studies from neuroeconomics are beginning to bridge this theoretical divide.

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The correct revision places a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb 'however' to join the two independent clauses while preserving the introductory dependent clause intact.

The correct option addresses the comma splice by inserting a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb 'however'. The first part of the sentence contains an introductory dependent clause introduced by 'Although', which is correctly attached to the first independent clause ('traditional macroeconomic models continue to assume perfect rationality'). Because the clause following 'however' ('recent empirical studies... divide') is also independent, joining these two complete thoughts requires a semicolon before 'however' and a comma after it.

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Analyze the syntactic structure of the original draft sentence.

Identified an introductory dependent clause ('Although behavioral economists... cognitive biases'), followed by the first independent clause ('traditional macroeconomic models... rationality'), and a second independent clause introduced by a conjunctive adverb ('however, recent empirical studies... divide').

Deconstructing clause boundaries reveals how ideas are connected and where punctuation breaks down.

Identify the punctuation error separating the independent clauses.

A comma splice occurs because a single comma precedes the conjunctive adverb 'however' when connecting two complete independent thoughts.

Conjunctive adverbs such as 'however', 'furthermore', and 'therefore' cannot join independent clauses with only a comma.

Evaluate the revisions to ensure grammatical completeness and correct punctuation.

The revision using a semicolon before 'however' properly joins the two independent clauses without introducing sentence fragments or fused elements.

A semicolon combined with a conjunctive adverb and comma establishes a valid coordinate boundary between independent clauses.

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Sentence Boundaries: Correcting Comma Splices with Conjunctive Adverbs

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Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

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