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Read the incorrect sentence. Write three to five sentences explaining what kind of run-on sentence it is and how to revise it. My mother and father are both scientists, it must have been my destiny to become interested in biology.

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This sentence is incorrect because it contains a comma splice. A comma splice is when a comma is used to separate two independent clauses. In order to fix it, the comma should be replaced with a period or a semi-colon, as seen below.

My mother and father are both scientists. It must have been my destiny to become interested in biology.

My mother and father are both scientists; it must have been my destiny to become interested in biology.

A sentence can be defined as the set of words framed in a systematic manner with the proper use of punctuations, tenses, proper use of subject, verb, agreement, and clauses.

A sentence can be said as incorrect if any of the above-mentioned things are used incorrectly or are missed.

The given sentence is incorrect due to a single reason that is it contains a comma splice between two sentences. The comma splice is usually used to separate two independent clauses, but in this case, the following sentence has a dependent clause.

To sentences can be revised by using either full stop between the sentences or using semi-colon.

Therefore the use of comma splice makes the sentence incorrect.

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