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1. Fragment or sentence?She sneezed.
2. Many car owners are learning to do their own minor maintenance, some are finding the experience rewarding.
3. Madison believed that the best job in the universe would be to work as a crew member on the star ship Enterprise since this job existed only on television, Madison settled for clerking at a neighborhood comic book store that sold Star Trek memorabilia.
4. Michelle is terrified of spiders, so when she found one in the bathroom, she panicked, refusing to shower for three days to use the restroom, she drove to her neighborhood gas station.
5. Adding a period between to independent clauses is one way to correct a run-on sentence.
6. There are two ways to fix a run on sentence. They are _____
7. My mom gave me a birthday present today.
8. I rode my bike over the glass, I got a flat tire.
9. Please stand up.
10. Identify the fused sentence in the following choices:
11. Emma and Destiny earn good grades in English.
12. A coordinating conjunction correctly joins two sentences.
13. Is this sentence a comma splice? I jumped so high in the air, I could see the clouds!
14. The Governor refused to comment, but he did refer the reporter to his press secretary.
15. None of the parents like the movie, it was full of violence.
16. Bo was craving a cold slice of watermelon, but he had money only for hotdogs and buns, Bo was pretty sure that sticking the huge fruit under his shirt and pretending that he was pregnant wouldn't fool the cashiers.
17. Directions:Find the comma splice.I'm hungry, tired, bored, and wish to go home, because I'm tired.
18. Wes did not want to do anything to ruin his new pair of athletic shoes, he always stayed on the sidewalks, sidestepped puddles, and made several trips a day to the bathroom to dust the sneakers with toilet paper.
19. Failure to change the oil in a car regularly can lead to big problems.
20. Waiting in line for an hour at the supermarket.
21. Sherian refuses to let her kids 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.
22. I like hummus it is very garlicky.
23. Slouched in his seat, Cory tried to pay attention to the grammar lecture the only problem was that NBA statistics and images of pretty women in tight miniskirts were more interesting than subordinate clauses and participle phrases.
24. Tracy always knows the right answer in Science class but is too shy to volunteer whenever Miss Chandler asks a question, Tracy's hand feels as if it weighs 500 pounds.
25. Nadia's choices were difficult for her to make, she often wished she were as rich as Gloria.
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