Identify the run-on sentence:
AI went home, I ate dinner.CORRECT
BI went home, and I ate dinner.
CBecause I went home, I ate dinner.
DAfter going home, I ate dinner.
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Why the answer is A, and why the others tempt you.
Comma splice — two independent clauses joined only by a comma. Needs a conjunction or semicolon.
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