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by shobhitk » Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:41 am
I'm a little confused in Run on sentences. Please consider the below example-:

1) The university has three sections, each of which specialises in a particular business area.

2) The university has three sections, all of them specialise in a particular business area.

Second is a run on sentence whereas the first is not. Can anyone help me explain why?

Isn't the phrase after comma in both the sentences acts as modifier?
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:16 am
1) The university has three sections, each of which specialises in a particular business area.
==> here, "each..." is a modifier.. describing the sections..

2) The university has three sections, all of them specialise in a particular business area.
==> here, "all of them" is a clause.. We cannot seperate two clauses by comma...
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by charan13387 » Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:03 am
theCodeToGMAT wrote:1) The university has three sections, each of which specialises in a particular business area.
==> here, "each..." is a modifier.. describing the sections..

2) The university has three sections, all of them specialise in a particular business area.
==> here, "all of them" is a clause.. We cannot seperate two clauses by comma...
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What if instead of 'each of which' there is 'each of them'??
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by chetan86 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:42 am
charan13387 wrote:
theCodeToGMAT wrote:1) The university has three sections, each of which specialises in a particular business area.
==> here, "each..." is a modifier.. describing the sections..

2) The university has three sections, all of them specialise in a particular business area.
==> here, "all of them" is a clause.. We cannot seperate two clauses by comma...
So, Incorrect
What if instead of 'each of which' there is 'each of them'??
Then the sentence will become run-on. The issue is between 'Which' and 'Them' not between 'Each' and 'All'.
Experts, please correct me if I am wrong.
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