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Run-on Sentences and Sentence Fragments

If the sentences below are run-ons or fragments, correct them by adding/removing/changing words or punctuation marks. (Note: some sentences are correct!)

Basic:

  1. The dogs run, they are very fast.
  2. When apples fall from trees in the fall.
  3. While I hope that I will get into a great college after high school.
  4. Even though rats and mice look very similar, they are actually difference species,
  5. Schools are supposed to teach children academics, they are also expected to teach character lessons.
  6. Teachers have to control a room, and they need to inspire students to learn.

Advanced:

  1. Many psychologists do not use hypnosis in their practices, it is because they know very little about it and are wary of it as a result. 
  2. Since the novels of Elizabeth Phelps are less well known today than many of her contemporaries' works, one is surprised to learn that she was once a best-selling author. 
  3. Even the film’s most heroic characters are played with straightforward realism, this restraint results in a very powerful story. 
  4. Although gale-force winds often pass through the Eiffel Tower, causing it to sway no more than four inches. 
  5. Even though the chain was supposed to be strong enough to lift 50 tons. 
  6. Although for many years, television was people's primary mode of viewing and despite the fact that streaming is now catching up with network and cable provided viewing.