Question

read the paragraph. 1 thomas paine, a pivotal figure in the american revolution, was born in britain in 1737. 2 when he was in his mid - thirties, he met benjamin franklin in london. 3 franklin helped paine move to philadelphia, where he pursued a career in journalism, he became the editor of pennsylvania magazine. 4 in 1776, paine authored a pro - independence pamphlet called common sense, which was widely read throughout the colonies. which sentence should be revised to improve this paragraphs sentence fluency? sentence 1 sentence 2 sentence 3 sentence 4

Explanation:

Sentence 3 has a run - on error. It combines two independent clauses ("Franklin helped Paine move to Philadelphia" and "he became the editor of Pennsylvania Magazine") without proper punctuation or a conjunction, which disrupts the sentence fluency.

Answer:

C. sentence 3