Which of the following is a run-on sentence?
a. while the rain was drenching at times, the fans were dedicated and refused to leave.
b. the game will be called if the storm continues, the weather is dangerous.
c. the players continue to work on both hitting and fielding, allowing them to improve both skill sets.
d. the game was tied at halftime; each coach gave his team a pep-talk.

Choose one of the topics below and use all five sentence patterns in a composition of at least 100 words. return to the lessons "patterns: inverted, compound parts, s/v/do" and "patterns: s/lv/pn, s/lv/pa, s/v/io/do" if you need to review the sentence patterns. you will be graded based on whether all five sentence patterns are present in your work. suggestions for topics: a. what if the sun exploded? b. what if every family owned a helicopter? c. what if each year were six months long instead of twelve? d. what if you were the president of the united states?