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2. The letter carrier had never seen the two dogs
before, she approached them cautiously.

3. The park was overgrown with weeds the city

workers were on strike.

Eating raw eggs used to be considered healthy now
people worry about the dangers of salmonella.

5. Karen is a grouch when she first wakes up, after

her first cup of coffee, she feels human again.

Method 3: Semicolon

Using a semicolon to join clauses works best with ideas that are

closely connected and need no transitional word to explain the

connection between them. The semicolon is the grammatical

equivalent of a period, but the first letter of the clause after the

semicolon is not capitalized.

Pattern: Independent clause; independent clause.

The semicolon goes between the two clauses.

Example of a Run-on Corrected with a