The following sentence is a fused (or run-on) sentence:Technology has always fascinated her someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.In which of the following is a comma and a coordinating conjunction correctly used to fix this fused sentence?Multiple choice question.Technology has always fascinated her, and someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.Technology has always fascinated her, someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.Technology has always fascinated her, but someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.
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The following sentence is a fused (or run-on) sentence:Technology has always fascinated her someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.In which of the following is a comma and a coordinating conjunction correctly used to fix this fused sentence?Multiple choice question.Technology has always fascinated her, and someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.Technology has always fascinated her, someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.Technology has always fascinated her, but someday she hopes to be a computer engineer.
Solution
The correct answer is "Technology has always fascinated her, and someday she hopes to be a computer engineer." This sentence correctly uses a comma and the coordinating conjunction "and" to connect the two independent clauses, fixing the run-on sentence.
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