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Directions: Read the item below. Then answer the questions that follow.
My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of the
microwave oven, his tail swipes the glass door like a windshield wiper.
Is this item a comma splice? If you believe it is a comma splice, use your mouse to choose the left door below. 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 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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