<p>Test #1 section 10 #12</p>
<p>All species of sea turtles are endangered because of overharvesting of adults, their eggs being disturbed, and destruction of nesting habitats.</p>
<p>The correct answer is D) the adults are overharvested, their eggs are disturbed, and their nesting habitats are destroyed.
I agree with D's correction of the parallelism error in the original sentence, but isn't choice D a run-on?</p>
<p>It’s not a run on because of the word “because.” It indicates that the three seemingly independent clauses (the adults are overharvested, their eggs are disturbed, and their nesting habitats are destroyed) are a part of a larger dependent clause beginning with the word “because.”</p>
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<p>I see, so as long as the clauses are parallel and grammatically correct, two or more independent clauses can follow “because”? Are there words other than “because” that also fall under this category?</p>