Belajar Bahasa Inggris Kalimat Melantur (RUN-ON SENTENCE)

LATIHAN A

Revise the following sentences to eliminate comma splices and run-on sentences. Use all four methods of correction.

Revisi kalimat berikut untuk menghilangkan comma splice dan run-on sentence. Gunakan semua empat metode pembetulan.

1. An old adage claims "you are what you eat," dietitians know that this is literally true.
2. The body makes norepinephrine from the amino acid tyrosine, high protein foods contain this amino acid in abundant amounts.
3. Norepinephrine helps you ward off depression and avoid lethargy protein-rich foods may actually make you happy.
4. The brain makes acetylcholine from choline the ability to memorize is enhanced by choline.
5. Liver, soybeans, and the fat in meat are rich in choline, if you want to improve your memory, a liver pate isn't a bad idea.
6. Too much sugar can make you feel lazy it interferes with the brain's production of norepinephrine.
7. However, a sweet snack late at night may help you sleep, sugar in the correct amounts enable the body to produce serotonin.
8. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter like norepinephrine it can cause the level of brain activity to to decrease, producing a tranquil, relaxed feeling.
9. Continued emotional stress makes the human body less able to use protein to rebuild if you feel a great deal of stress, you should eat more fish or meat.
10. Coffee won't sober you up, coffee id good for a hangover, the caffeine helps eliminate muscle aches.
11. Fruit juice will raise your blood sugar level juice will also replace liquids in dehydrated body tissue.
12. Fruit juice is preferable to other liquids, fruit juice can raise the level of minerals in your blood and tissues.
13. Most of the misery of a hangover, though, is caused by reduced levels of prostaglandins a teaspoon of primrose oil every three hours is the cure recommended by some nutrition experts.
14. Primrose oil is rich in prostaglandins, you can buy it at any health food store.
15. If you still have a headache, you can say it's from a food allergy, just don't tell people the "food" to which you are sensitive.


LATIHAN B

Revise the following paragraphs to eliminate comma splices and run-on sentences. Use all four methods of correction.

Revisi paragraf berikut untuk menghilangkan comma splice dan run-on sentence. Gunakan semua empat metode pembetulan.

          College student often worry about their reading rates, they must usually read a great deal in order to stay on schedule in their course work. Speed reading may be of help, however, by speed reading I do not mean the kind of cabaret act where a speed reader reads a novel in three minutes. This extremely fast reading does not allow a reader the kind of comprehension a college student must have in order to succeed. Most people read at an average of around 250 words per minute, the speed varies, of course, with the nature of the material being read. The more difficult the material, the slower a reader's speed is likely to be. But with most material, a speed of less than 200 words per minute is considered a poor rate, any rate over 400 words per minute is considered excellent.
         Three bad reading habits prevent most people from increasing their speeds. The first of these habits is reading word-by-word, this habit causes a reader to need to move his or her eyes from each word to the next, causing a slowdown in the physical act of reading. Another bad habit is vocalizing, or the reader's pronouncing words as he or she reads. A habit acquired in the process of first learning to read, vocalizing slows a reader down since very few people can speak over 200 words per minute. But the most common bad habit is regressive fixation this means that the reader moves his or her eyes backward, reading the last few words. Regression is also a habit acquired while learning to read but it is of little use once a reader is fairly proficient.
        If you read slowly, or if you have one or more of these bad habits, you should consider taking a speed reading course, these courses are very successful and generally take only about ten hours to complete.
























Kunci Jawaban
LATIHAN A
Jawaban akan bervariasi, tetapi kalimat berikut bisa mewakili.

1. An old adage claims "you are what you eat," and dietitians know that this is literally true.
2. The body makes norepinephrine from the amino acid tyrosine; high protein foods contain this amino acid in abundant amounts.
3. Because norepinephrine helps you ward off depression and avoid lethargy, protein-rich foods may actually make you happy.
4. The brain makes acetylcholine from choline, so the ability to memorize is enhanced by choline.
5. Liver, soybeans, and the fat in meat are rich in choline; if you want to improve your memory, a liver pate isn't a bad idea.
6. Too much sugar can make you feel lazy because it interferes with the brain's production of norepinephrine.
7. However, a sweet snack late at night may help you sleep; sugar in the correct amounts enable the body to produce serotonin.
8. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, and  like norepinephrine it can cause the level of brain activity to to decrease, producing a tranquil, relaxed feeling.
9. Continued emotional stress makes the human body less able to use protein to rebuild; if you feel a great deal of stress, you should eat more fish or meat.
10. Coffee won't sober you up, coffee id good for a hangover, for the caffeine helps eliminate muscle aches.
11. Fruit juice will raise your blood sugar level; juice will also replace liquids in dehydrated body tissue.
12. Fruit juice is preferable to other liquids because fruit juice can raise the level of minerals in your blood and tissues.
13. Most of the misery of a hangover, though, is caused by reduced levels of prostaglandins; a teaspoon of primrose oil every three hours is the cure recommended by some nutrition experts.
14.You can buy primrose oil, which is rich in prostaglandins, at any health food store.
15. If you still have a headache, you can say it's from a food allergy. Just don't tell people the "food" to which you are sensitive.

LATIHAN B
Jawaban paragraf akan bervariasi, tetapi berikut cukup mewakili.

        College student often worry about their reading rates, for they must usually read a great deal in order to stay on schedule in their course work. Speed reading may be of help; however, by speed reading I do not mean the kind of cabaret act where a speed reader reads a novel in three minutes. This extremely fast reading does not allow a reader the kind of comprehension a college student must have in order to succeed. Most people read at an average of around 250 words per minute, but the speed varies, of course, with the nature of the material being read. The more difficult the material, the slower a reader's speed is likely to be. But with most material, a speed of less than 200 words per minute is considered a poor rate, while any rate over 400 words per minute is considered excellent.
         Three bad reading habits prevent most people from increasing their speeds. The first of these habits is reading word-by-word. This habit causes a reader to need to move his or her eyes from each word to the next, causing a slowdown in the physical act of reading. Another bad habit is vocalizing, or the reader's pronouncing words as he or she reads. A habit acquired in the process of first learning to read, vocalizing slows a reader down since very few people can speak over 200 words per minute. But the most common bad habit is regressive fixation which means that the reader moves his or her eyes backward, reading the last few words. Regression is also a habit acquired while learning to read, but it is of little use once a reader is fairly proficient.
        If you read slowly, or if you have one or more of these bad habits, you should consider taking a speed reading course. These courses are very successful and generally take only about ten hours to complete.