Question

1. how can the following run - on sentence be corrected? sir arthur conan doyle was the author of the sherlock holmes series he was a british writer and physician who created the iconic detective in 1887. use a comma afterseries use a semicolon afterseries use a comma and the word and after physician use a period after sherlock holmes and capitalizeseries

Explanation:

A run - on sentence combines two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunction. In the given sentence, "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the author of the Sherlock Holmes series" and "he was a British writer and physician who created the iconic detective in 1887" are two independent clauses. A semicolon can be used to separate two closely related independent clauses. Using a comma alone would create a comma - splice error. Adding a comma and "and" after "physician" doesn't correct the initial run - on. Using a period after "Sherlock Holmes" is incorrect as it breaks the connection between "Sherlock Holmes" and "series".

Answer:

Use a semicolon after "series"