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Question

What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?
Noah Webster supporte dhimself through sales of his spelling book over 100 million copie sof the book were sold.
a. Properly constructed sentence
b. Run-on
c. Dangler
d. Misplaced part
2. Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence?
Helen went to work, Bob went home.
a. fragement
b. dangler
c. comma splice
d. lacks parallel parts
3. The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects.
a. comma splice
b. properly constructed sentence
c. lacks parallel parts
d. has unclear pronoun

Answer 1

Can't tell specifically.. But I guess It should be:

1-Noah Webster supported himself through sales of his spelling book. Over 100 million copies of the book were sold.

Guess it's just punctuation..

2- Helen went to work, but Bob went home.
3- The new drug proved to be highly effective; it has no side effects.

Hope that helped! Good Luck.

Answer 2

1. b. Run-on sentence. The true sentence ends at "spelling book" and the "100 million copies" is a new sentence.

2. c. Comma splice. These also could be two sentences or else the word "and" could be placed in addition to the comma.

3. c. To be more clear, it is bad verb tense agreement (proved/ has). It should be had instead.

Answer 3

1. B
2. C
3. A

A comma splice happens when you connect two independent clauses with a comma instead of a semicolon.

Answer 4

1 run on
2 fragment
3b

Answer 5

the first one is definently a run-on