Identifying and Revising Run-on Sentences

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth he changed the way people view the universe.

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Which is NOT a way to correct the run-on?

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth; he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, and he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth. He changed the way people view the universe.

School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein he did not do well.

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Which is NOT a way to correct the run-on?

School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein he did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein; he did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein, so he did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein. He did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein, he did not do well.

However, young Einstein showed a talent for mathematics, at the age of 12, and he taught himself geometry.

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After finishing secondary school, he entered the Federal Polytechnic Academy in Switzerland, but he did not like the teaching methods there.

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The academy frustrated him he could not learn in a way that interested him.

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Type a correct way to fix the run-on.

The academy frustrated him he could not learn in a way that interested him.

Einstein chose to educate himself, he missed classes often and spent the time studying physics on his own.

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Type a correct way to fix the run-on.

Einstein chose to educate himself, he missed classes often and spent the time studying physics on his own.