The natural world is filled with exciting journeys, perhaps none is more amazing than the flight of monarch butterflies.

This sentence form a paragraph. Proofread them for run-ons, comma splices, semicolon errors, relative pronoun errors, and -ING modifier errors. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select “correct” if the sentence is free of errors.

A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice
D) semicolon error
E) relative pronoun error
F) -ING modifier error


C) comma splice

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Choose the sentence with the correct placement of the adverb very:

a. The toddler very learned quickly. b. The toddler learned very quickly. c. The toddler learned quickly very.

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Circle the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

Voy a hacer sopa de (lavado, cebolla, maquillaje).

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Each sentence below contains two main clauses, but due to incomplete punctuation, the

sentence is either a run-on or a comma splice. Remember that a run-on sentence includes two independent clauses without proper punctuation between them. A comma splice has an insufficient comma that needs to be followed by a fanboys or that needs to be changed to a semicolon or a period. Identify the error and correct each sentence by making one of the clauses dependent or by using a comma, a fanboys and a comma, a semicolon, or a period. The mayor spoke for an hour however, the media arrived late. (run-on, comma splice) What will be an ideal response?

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Cliches are especially confusing to people whose first language is not English

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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