| A | B |
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| A tiny village in Arkansas had no name, residents walked to the next town for their mail | run-on |
| Tired of walking such a distance | fragment |
| They wanted their own post office | correct |
| The U.S.Postal Service replied to the residents, it sent them questionnaire | run-on |
| Asked what name the village wanted | fragment |
| Every family in town received a questionnaire, the instructions said, "Please write in ink" | run-on |
| The residents did just that | correct |
| Wrote in the word "Ink" for the name of their town | fragment |
| Now Ink, Arkansas, has a name and a post office | correct |
| Just 12 miles from Pencil Bluff, Arkansas | fragment |
| Our largest office supply store | fragment |
| Please accept my apology | correct |
| Because he delivered the mail early | fragment |
| What if it is true | correct |
| Jackie and Janet, serving as temporary administrative assistants to the president | fragment |
| Although Michael enjoyed the play, he gave a bad review of it | correct |
| When he found out the error | fragment |
| Lisa played nicely and Janet didn't | correct |
| Jillian danced to the music Jordan played football with his friends | run-on |
| Calls me every night | fragment |
| Anita, someone I have known all my life, and excellent at math | fragment |
| Because the deadline was approaching | fragment |
| A nervous, pressured feeling and a headache | fragment |
| The express training leaving the station at four | fragment |
| Although we wanted to go to the softball game | fragment |
| Waiting for my paycheck to be delivered | fragment |
| Political science is a difficult course I am thinking of dropping it and taking it next semester | run-on |
| My younger sister will visit next weekend I probably will not have much time to study | run-on |
| The Civil War ended in 1865 the period of Reconstruction followed | run-on |
| Robert Frost is a well-known American poet his most famous poem is "The Road Not Taken" | run-on |
| Algebra and geometry are two branches of mathematics calculus and trigonometry are other branches | run-on |
| Distractions abound while studying it helps to make a list of these distractions | run-on |
| Before a big game, Louis, who is a quarterback, eats a lot of pasta and bread he says it gives him energy | run-on |
| The defendant pleaded not guilty the judge ordered him to pay the parking ticket | run-on |
| Inez packed for the business trip she remembered everything except her business cards | run-on |
| Felicia did not know what to buy her co-worker for his birthday, she finally decided to buy him a gift certificate | comma splice |
| Although light and sound both emit waves, they do so in very different ways | correct |
| My throat feels scratchy and sore, and I have a cold too | correct |
| The cherry tree had to be cut down; it stood right where the new addition was going to be built | correct |
| Amanda worked every night for a month on the pillow that she was making for her grandmother | correct |
| The director considered making another monster movie, but the industry has too many now | correct |
