4. all of the following methods are ways to correct a run-on sentence except a. putting a comma in between the complete sentences. b. inserting a period between the complete sentences. c. placing a semicolon between the complete sentences. d. adding a conjunction between the complete sentences.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .