Item 20
Directions: Read the item below. Then answer the questions that follow.
Orange juice, toast, and cereal might be a healthy breakfast, but Ricardo
always hits the snooze button on his alarm too many times all he can grab
is a stale pastry and soda.
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 two complete sentences together with absolutely no punctuation.
Either way you win a prize—but only the correct choice is a cool cyber prize!
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