Asked by tay

Read the following run-on sentence:

Slowly and carefully the little gray mouse licked the last bit of peanut butter off the trap he darted behind the corner of the washing machine and disappeared.

Which of the revisions corrects the sentence?


Slowly and carefully, the little gray mouse licked the last bit of peanut butter. Off the trap he darted behind the corner of the washing machine. He disappeared.


Slowly and carefully, the little gray mouse licked. The last bit of peanut butter off the trap, so he darted behind the corner of the washing machine and disappeared.


Slowly and carefully the little gray mouse licked the last bit of peanut butter off the trap; he darted behind the corner of the washing machine and disappeared.


Slowly and carefully the little gray mouse licked the last bit of peanut butter off the trap. He darted behind the corner of the washing machine. And disappeared.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The correct revision is:

Slowly and carefully the little gray mouse licked the last bit of peanut butter off the trap; he darted behind the corner of the washing machine and disappeared.

Explanation: This uses a semicolon to join two closely related independent clauses, eliminating the run-on without creating fragments.