Choose the answer that best corrects the run-on sentence. Silvia lost her watch but Jeremiah found it and returned it.
A. Silvia lost her watch and Jeremiah found it and returned it.
B. Silvia lost her watch. And Jeremiah found it and returned it.
C. Silvia lost her watch, but Jeremiah found it and returned it.
D. Silvia lost her watch and then Jeremiah found it and returned it.

C. Silvia lost her watch, but Jeremiah found it and returned it.

Explanation:

c. is the best way to correct the sentence here, it adds a comma to seperate the independent clauses. since the sentence already has the word but, we don't need to add a conjunction to fix the sentence from becoming a comma splice.

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