Identifying and Revising Run-on Sentences

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Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century; he changed the way people view the universe.

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run-on

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Correcting run-on: Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, he changed the way people view the universe.

Back

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, he changed the way people view the universe.

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School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein; he did not do well.

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run-on

Front

Correcting run-on: School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein, he did not do well.

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School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein, he did not do well.

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Young Einstein, at 12, taught himself geometry.

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Complete sentence.

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After secondary school, he entered the Federal Polytechnic Academy in Switzerland but disliked the teaching methods.

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complete sentence

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The academy frustrated him; he could not learn in a way that interested him.

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run-on

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Fix the run-on: The academy frustrated him he could not learn in a way that interested him.

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The academy frustrated him. He could not learn in a way that interested him.

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Einstein often missed classes to study physics independently.

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run-on

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Fix the run-on: Einstein chose to educate himself, he missed classes often and spent the time studying physics on his own.

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Einstein chose to educate himself; he missed classes often and spent the time studying physics on his own.