Click on the answer that properly uses the dependent word (in parentheses) to correct each run-on or comma splice. Be sure to check for correct punctuation, too.
1. These boots are supposed to be waterproof my feet are soaked. (ALTHOUGH)
a. These boots are supposed to be waterproof although my feet are soaked.
b. Although these boots are supposed to be waterproof my feet are soaked.
C. Although these boots are supposed to be waterproof, my feet are soaked.

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.