Select the best paraphrase of the following sentence from the passage according to mla guidelines. with their main source of income gone, the irish had to live in poor conditions, where diseases spread unchecked. a. with no potatoes, rural farmers and their families lost much of their earnings. they were forced into poverty, and diseases became far more common (murray 4). b. one disease that was common during the great irish famine was typhus. typhus is a bacterial infection that is usually spread by lice or fleas (murray 4). c. with their main source of income gone, peasants had to live in poor conditions, where diseases spread wildly (murray 4). d. the irish lost their main source of income and had to live in poor conditions, where diseases spread unchecked (murray 4).

With no potatoes, rural farmers and their families lost much of their earnings. They were forced into poverty, and diseases became far more common (Murray 4).

Explanation:

The correct answer is A) Superman was one of the first comic book superheroes; he was created in 1938.

The other options of the questions were B) Superman was one of the first comic book superheroes, created in 1938. C)Superman was one of the first comic book superheroes and he was created in 1938. D) Superman was one of the first comic book superheroes he was created in 1938.

The revision that corrects the run-on in the sentence is "Superman was one of the first comic book superheroes; he was created in 1938."

If we use the correct grammar, two independent clauses had to be connected in the proper way. Otherwise, we have a run-on sentence. This means that the two independent clauses are incorrectly connected with the use of a comma. That is why the correct connection is through the use of a semicolon.