It's a run on sentence because there is no conjunction separating the two sentences. If there was an and (your conjunction) then it would be considered a compound sentence. Hopefully this helps.
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I saw Maria <u>running for the plane.</u>
Explanation:
The underlined portion is the participial phrase
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to <em>elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.</em>" The sentence that best describes Thoreau's meaning in the statement is:
A. Man improves his life when he is aware of what he is meant to do.
By " elevating his life by a conscious endeavor", he means that the man through well-thought actions, or strategy, can facilitate his chances of doing things better, therefore excelling in life.
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The United States were in competition with the soviet Union on who would be able to rule the skies by be the first to enter the moon.
<em>The ability of the NACA not to recieve adequate funding and being under beauracatic bottleneck didn't afford them the opportunity to actualise their aim hence the reason why Soviet Union where the first to send a manned space ship to the moon.</em>
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