In one scene, Nike, the ancient goddess of victory, alights on a ship, (her wings outspread, with her garments rippling) in the wind.

In one scene, Nike, the ancient goddess of victory, alights on a ship, (her wings outspread, with her garments rippling) in the wind.
A) same
B) her wings are outspread, her garments ripple
C) her wings outspread and her garments rippling
E) whose wings are outspread and her garments rippling
the answer is C, but i thought A,B,C were all momma splices because it has a subject and a verb… how do i solve this problem?

A human amazed the world in 2004 [by winning] the Man versus Horse Marathon, [it] has pitted hundreds of people [against] horses every year [year since] 1980.

A human amazed the world in 2004 [by winning] the Man versus Horse Marathon, [it] has pitted hundreds of people [against] horses every year [year since] 1980. [ No error]

i picked (B) becausee of the run on but i don’t know what should be replaced with it !

Unsure that he was prepared for the championship boxing match, Carlos’s day off was spent practicing and refining his strategies.

Splicccccce?

Unsure that he was prepared for the championship boxing match, Carlos’s day off was spent practicing and refining his strategies.

I narrowed it down to
B) Carlos was unsure that he was prepared for the championship boxing match, he therefore spent his day off practicing and refining his strategies.
And,
C) Feeling unsure that he was prepared championship boxing match, Carlos spent his day off practicing and refining his strategies.

I see no error in either, is B a comma splice?

Jared behaved like a person permanently on stage, he was always speaking in a dramatic voice and looking around to see who was listening.

Jared behaved like a person permanently on stage, he was always speaking in a dramatic voice and looking around to see who was listening.

A. he was always speaking
B. always he would speak
C. and he always spoke
D. always having spoken
E. always speaking

Why is A wrong? Why is E correct? What is the rule? Isn’t “always speaking” a run on?

( My grandson thinks he can cook better than any other person at the fair; and he) has the blue ribbons to prove it.

( My grandson thinks he can cook better than any other person at the fair; and he) has the blue ribbons to prove it.

A) My grandson thinks he can cook better than any other person at the fair; and he

B) My grandson thinks he can cook better than any other person at the fair, and he

I put choice A but the answer was choice B. Could you also please explain when it is is appropriate to put a semi colon versus a comma?

The harsh condition in which bristlecone pine trees live may help to explain their exceptional longevity, (because those same conditions are also inhospitable to) the pest that can attack the trees.

The harsh condition in which bristlecone pine trees live may help to explain their exceptional longevity, (because those same conditions are also inhospitable to) the pest that can attack the trees.

a)because those same condition are also inhospitable to

b because those same conditions were inhospitable also for

c) he same conditions being also inhospitable with

d) since those conditions that are also inhospitable to

e)those conditions are also inhospitable to

Do you have a process?

I had an interesting conversation with a colleague last night about the importance of having a process. The gist of his argument was this: it’s all well and good to understand what a run-on sentence is (for example), but there are lots of kids who know, objectively, what one is, and still miss run-on questions (more…)

Run-on Sentences and Fragments (featuring The YUNiversity!!!)

A quick note before we begin: I’m positively elated to have teamed up with Tumblr all-star The YUNiversity for this post! Everybody knows that eye-popping visuals are a great boon to students trying to learn otherwise dry material, and nobody does them better. If you like the illustrations he provided for this post, you simply must make (more…)