Question

is this a run - on sentence? on october 28, 2014, a rocket bound for the international space station exploded, it was carrying five thousand pounds of supplies, including more than one thousand pounds of food for astronauts. yes no

Explanation:

A run - on sentence combines two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunctions. The given sentence has two independent clauses "On October 28, 2014, a rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded" and "It was carrying five thousand pounds of supplies, including more than one thousand pounds of food for astronauts" joined only by a comma, which is a comma - splice, a type of run - on.

Answer:

yes