Item 8
Directions: Read the item below. Then answer the questions that follow.
Cindy's mumbling often gets her in trouble just the other day, her stylist
misunderstood Cindy's instructions and dyed her hair blue after Cindy
asked him to trim the ends.
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 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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