English Skills with Readings 9th Edition by John Langan, Zoe Albright

Exercise 4

Insert a semicolon where the break occurs between the two complete thoughts in each of the following run-ons.

EXAMPLE

I missed the bus by seconds; there would not be another for half an hour.

1. I spend eight hours a day in a windowless office it's a relief to get out into the open air after work.

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2. The audience howled with laughter the comedian enjoyed a moment of triumph.

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3. It rained all week parts of the highway were flooded.

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4. Tony never goes to a certain gas station anymore he found out that the service manager overcharged him for a valve job.

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5. The washer shook and banged with its unbalanced load then it began to walk across the floor.

Step 1 of 5

Correcting Run-Ons Method 3—Semicolon Alone (437)

1.?office; it’s