Item 12
Directions: Read the item below. Then answer the questions that follow.
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.
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 together with absolutely no punctuation.
Whichever door you pick, you win a prize—but only the correct choice is a cool cyber prize!
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