Question

read the following excerpt from a student essay. how can the writer best improve his or her grammar and mechanics? alfred hitchcocks 1963 horror masterpiece the birds is based on daphne du mauriers novella of the same name. in the film version, a quiet town in northern california is terrorized by birds, however, the book is set in cornwall, england. du maurier was unhappy with the movie, which didnt stick to her original storyline, characters, or setting. most people, though, still think of the film as a classic, in fact, the american film institute ranks it as the seventh most thrilling american film of the twentieth century. by fixing sentence fragments by correcting verb tenses by fixing run - on sentences

Explanation:

The text has run - on sentences. For example, "In the film version, a quiet town in northern California is terrorized by birds, however, the book is set in Cornwall, England." and "Most people, though, still think of the film as a classic, in fact, the American Film Institute ranks it as the seventh most thrilling American film of the twentieth century." should be separated into proper sentences. There are no sentence fragments or verb - tense errors.

Answer:

by fixing run - on sentences