What change should be made to the sentence below:

Question

"This number must increase, it is shockingly low."

Question 6 options:

Change This to These

Change the comma to a semicolon

Change shockingly to shocking

No change is needed.

Answer 1

The correct change to make is:

Change the comma to a semicolon.

The sentence should read: "This number must increase; it is shockingly low." This fixes the run-on sentence.