Question

due: thursday, january 8, 2026 at 8:46 am
read the statments below and find the run on sentence. write it correctly in the comments.

• the cat didnt want to go to the vet it was scared.
• the cat smelled the tuna all the way from the basement.
• licking its paw.

posted sat jan 3, 2026 at 12:37 pm

Explanation:

A run - on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions. The first statement "The cat didn't want to go to the vet it was scared" has two independent clauses ("The cat didn't want to go to the vet" and "it was scared") joined without a proper conjunction or punctuation. The second statement is a simple sentence with one independent clause. The third statement is a fragment, not a run - on sentence. To correct the run - on sentence, we can use a conjunction like "because" or a semicolon. Using "because" gives "The cat didn't want to go to the vet because it was scared."

Answer:

The run - on sentence is: The cat didn't want to go to the vet it was scared.
The correct sentence is: The cat didn't want to go to the vet because it was scared. (or "The cat didn't want to go to the vet; it was scared.")