read the draft of the story ava is writing.\n1 piper frowned as she scanned the pile of boxes overstuffed…

read the draft of the story ava is writing.\n1 piper frowned as she scanned the pile of boxes overstuffed with hanging file folders. 2 her elderly neighbor, mr. thompson, had mentioned that he had, in one of his files, a picture of himself with franklin d. roosevelt. 3 piper had enthusiastically volunteered to search the files, knowing the picture would be a great addition to her research paper on the former u.s. president. 4 unfortunately, she had mistakenly assumed he was referring to computer files rather than paper files. 5 it would take many, many hours to sift through these boxes, that was time piper did not have to spare.\n6 her history teacher often used primary source documents, the picture would be a perfect example of one. 7 piper had already invited mr. thompson to class; he was to talk about life during the great depression.\nwhich two sentences in the draft are run - on sentences?\n1. sentence 1\n2. sentence 2\n3. sentence 3\n4. sentence 4\n5. sentence 5\n6. sentence 6\n7. sentence 7
Answer
Brief Explanations:
A run - on sentence combines two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunction. Sentence 5 combines two independent thoughts "It would take many, many hours to sift through these boxes" and "that was time Piper did not have to spare" without proper separation.
Answer:
- sentence 5