| Exercise 3
The following sentences are run-on sentences. Correct them and type them on
your computer.
Elaine Mills is a telephone operator she helps more than 700 people
every day.
Sometimes people call her in an emergency she says most emergency calls
are from children or seniors.
Tony is a tailor he makes robes for British Columbia judges.
Tony worked as a tailor in one shop for 19 years now he owns the shop.
The mine was on an island and faced the west the wind blew off the open
Pacific Ocean.
Exercise 4
Look at these sentences. Are they correct or are they run-on sentences? If
they are correct, type "correct". If they are run-on sentences,
correct them and type them on your computer.
We worked hard because jobs were hard to get.
It was a hot day for June and walking was very difficult.
I cut chicken breasts for eight hours and my legs were stiff and sore,
my back ached and my head hurt but my arms and hands got the worst treatment of
all.
The bell went off and back to work we went for another two hours finally
we came to the end of the day.
The first snowfall of the season was a day before Thanksgiving Day.
The wind blows the trees' leaves they are gone until the spring comes
again.
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