Question

question 4
what is the best way to correct this run - on sentence?
my younger brother will have a birthday soon he will be seven years old.
○ my younger brother he will have a birthday soon and he will be seven years old.
○ soon my younger brother will be seven years old soon, a birthday.
○ my younger brother will have a birthday, soon he will be seven years old.
○ my younger brother will have a birthday soon. he will be seven years old.

Explanation:

A run - on sentence is two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunction. The original sentence has two independent clauses: "My younger brother will have a birthday soon" and "he will be seven years old". To correct it, we can separate them into two sentences with a period. Let's analyze each option:

• Option 1: "My younger brother he will have a birthday soon and he will be seven years old." This is grammatically incorrect as it has a redundant "he" and the structure is wrong.
• Option 2: "Soon my younger brother will be seven years old soon, a birthday." This is a nonsensical sentence with incorrect word order and structure.
• Option 3: "My younger brother will have a birthday, soon he will be seven years old." This still has a run - on issue as it uses a comma to separate two independent clauses without a conjunction, which is a comma splice.
• Option 4: "My younger brother will have a birthday soon. He will be seven years old." This correctly separates the two independent clauses into two sentences with a period, which is the proper way to correct a run - on sentence.

Answer:

My younger brother will have a birthday soon. He will be seven years old.