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1. What is the difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence?
2. When Jim threw his back out while helping his wife Nancy move the sofa, he feared the treatment the doctor would recommend, a week's worth of bed rest during the nicest week in April would certainly wreck Jim's golf plans.
3. The old dog that was last seen limping down Main Street at nine o'clock last night.
4. We wanted to have a party everyone agreed to come.
5. Two sentences that are smooshed together with no punctuation is called a _____
6. Children do not always pay attention in class this fact can disturb many teachers.
7. Alex does not care as much about comfort as he does about style he will wear, for example, a long sleeve shirt and a leather jacket in the middle of a Florida summer if they are the perfect complement to his new pair of khakis.
8. Clean your room.
9. Lorna did not last long in Mr. Wolcott's busy office, her long fingernails made accurate typing impossible, and her abrasive manner scared away too many potential clients.
10. DVT is most likely to develop in your lower leg, thigh, or pelvis although it can occur in other parts of your body, too.
11. My cat Buster is always tipping over the garbage can then he searches through the trash for milk jug caps, which he bats around the floor, the cat version of playing ice hockey.
12. Should be able to visit.
13. What is the definition of a run-on sentence?
14. Fused Sentences and Comma Splices are types of run-on sentences.
15. Claire considered cutting her psychology class to go to the golf course, however, she decided she could not afford to miss the review for the upcoming exam.
16. Sima was so sleepy after her marathon studying session for calculus that she ordered a triple espresso before going to class once the caffeine kicked in, Sima knew that she wouldn't doze off on Dr. Ribley.
17. Because his glasses were so thick, Quincy refused to get contacts, he worried that equally thick contact lenses would make him look like a bug-eyed space alien.
18. Which best describes the following:Manuel searched for his cell phone charger he didn't know it was in his backpack.
19. Some run-on sentences can be corrected using a comma+conjunction or a semi-colon.
20. Clyde knew that he should be saving money for next semester's tuition he spent every paycheck, however, on gold jewelry and expensive dinners for his greedy girlfriend Gloria.
21. The puppy followed my sister home so she decided to keep it.
22. Every evening after soccer practice at my grandmother's house.
23. When a person studies for an exam and feels prepared.
24. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to man they are very beautiful.
25. Sherian will not allow her children to have a puppy, she is convinced that dogs are just big germs and refuses to follow one around with a sponge and bottle of bleach.
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