Playing the piano in the middle of the night, the young man kept the whole neighborhood up. A Correct B Run-on

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Playing the piano in the middle of the night, the young man kept the whole neighborhood up. A Correct B Run-on

Answer 1

The sentence is not a run-on sentence. Therefore, the correct answer is 'A'.

Answer 2

## Step 1The sentence given is "Playing the piano in the middle of the night, the young man kept the whole neighborhood up." We need to determine if this sentence is a run-on sentence.## Step 2A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.## Step 3In the given sentence, "Playing the piano in the middle of the night" is a dependent clause, as it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. It is providing additional information about the action of the young man.## Step 4The phrase "the young man kept the whole neighborhood up" is an independent clause, as it can stand alone as a complete sentence.## Step 5The sentence is correctly structured with a dependent clause followed by an independent clause. There is no inappropriate joining of independent clauses without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.

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Playing the piano in the middle of the night, the young man kept the whole neighborhood up. A Correct B Run-on

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