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Sentence Structure

This exercise in this resource asks you to apply your knowledge about common errors in sentence structure: run-ons, commas splices, and fused sentences. Print the exercise and fuse together sentences appropriately, avoiding run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences. Click the "Go to Answers" link to see the answers for this exercise.

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Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences

This exercise asks you apply your knowledge of run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences by joining two independent clauses. Click the link at the bottom of the page to see the answers.

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