Item 1
Directions: Read the item below. Then answer the questions that follow.
Julie is a real hypochondriac when her stomach hurts, she is certain that
she has a bleeding ulcer, and if she has a backache, she believes that she
has cancer of the spine.
Is this item a comma splice? If you believe it is a comma splice, use your mouse to choose the left door. A comma splice, remember, is two complete sentences incorrectly joined with a comma.
Or is the item a fused sentence? If you believe it is a fused sentence, then use your mouse to choose the right door. A fused sentence occurs when a writer incorrectly runs together two complete sentences with absolutely no punctuation.
Either way you win a prize—but only the correct choice is a cool cyber prize!
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