Directions: Read the sentence below. Then answer the questions that follow.
When Jim threw his back out while helping his wife Nancy move the sofa,
he feared the treatment the doctor would recommend, a week's worth of bed
rest during the nicest week in April would certainly wreck Jim's golf plans.
Is this sentence 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 sentence 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.
Whichever door you pick, you win a prize—but only the correct choice is a cool cyber prize!
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