How to Fix Run-On Sentences

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Correct the sentence: A soccer game starts with a coin toss the captain of the away team calls heads or tails.

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A soccer game starts with a coin toss. The captain of the away team calls heads or tails.

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Correct the sentence: The aim of the game is to score goals by getting the ball into the other team’s net, the team with the most goals at the end of the game wins.

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The aim of the game is to score goals by getting the ball into the other team’s net, and the team with the most goals at the end of the game wins.

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Correct the sentence: Players can score a goal from anywhere on the field, a goal cannot be scored from an indirect free kick.

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Players can score a goal from anywhere on the field, but a goal cannot be scored from an indirect free kick.

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Correct the sentence: He explained that water is heated by the sun, evaporates up into the air, condenses into drops, and then fell back to the ground, pure, and free of contaminants.

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Change fell to falls.

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Correct the sentence: Furthermore, this solar water purifier is cheaper than other devices because they are made with inexpensive materials.

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Change they are to it is.

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Correct the sentence: 'The diversity of environments’ on Earth presents design challenges that have put Gan and the other engineers to the test.'

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Delete the apostrophe after environments

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Correct the sentence: The solar water purifier can filter salt water to make it drinkable, however, the salt left behind quickly builds up and hinders the process.

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Change the comma after drinkable to a semicolon.

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Correct this sentence: Soon, drinkable water will be purified and accessible where it is needed, the future of solar purification looks bright.

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Change the comma after 'needed' to a period.