Practice with Run-ons*
1. Are you able to endure boredom, isolation, and potential violence, then the army may well be the adventure for you.
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2. If one of the dogs should happen to fall through the ice, it would be cut loose from the team and left to its fate; the sled drivers could not endanger the rest of the team for just one dog.
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3. The floor around the refreshment stand was sticky, I was lucky to make it away with both shoes on my feet.
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4. The center of the French Quarter of New Orleans is Jackson Square, this square is one of the most beautiful urban spaces in the United States.
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5. We had planned to spend the last few days of our vacation at the beach, the hurricane, however, brought us home in a hurry.
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*These practice exercises are from Diana Hacker's The Bedford Handbook, 5th edition: Instructor's Annotated Edition. Bedford Books: Boston, 1998: 296-307.
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