Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

The terrified passengers aboard the 747 gripped their armrests as the jet bucked in a bad stretch of turbulence after a ride like this one, everyone knew that five minutes on Disney's Space Mountain would feel like relaxing in a rocking chair.

• turbulence, after
• turbulence; after
• turbulence. After

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Richard squeezed, thumped, and shook the empty shampoo bottle, hoping for a few drops to wash his dirty hair since the bottle was completely empty, Richard worked up a lather with a few sprinkles of bathroom cleanser instead.

• hair since
• hair; since
• hair, consequntely, since

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

After the thunderstorm, Teresa splashed through the puddles left on the street she enjoyed feeling the cold rainwater on her hot feet.

• street she
• street, because she
• street, for she

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Fred blew and blew on the globs of liquid white-out, but they refused to dry when the professor called time, Fred closed the cover of his exam book and hoped the pages wouldn't cement together.

• dry, when
• dry; when
• dry, as a result, when

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

As Irene scooped stuffing out of the the Thanksgiving turkey, she saw gold glinting from the breadcumbs finally she had found her earring, which she had lost early that morning.

• breadcumbs finally
• breadcumbs, finally at last
• breadcumbs; finally

No foot powder, no shoe insert, no expensive soap can kill the odor of Frank's feet, when he takes off his shoes, even the goldfish gag.

• feet when
• feet. When
• fett, thus when

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Ursula clutched her head, trying to remember the correct formula to solve the statistics problem, the only thing she could focus on, however, was the stupid fight she had in the car with her boyfriend, Marc.

• problem the
• problem, consequnetly, the
• problem; the

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Greg wants a degree in business administration, he fantasizes about yelling at future employees who are too afraid of losing their jobs to talk back.

• administration he
• administration, because he
• administration since he

In Dr. Riley's calculus class, Edna tapes every lecture and carefully rewrites her notes, she is planning to sell these guides to desperate freshmen next semester.

• notes she
• notes, because she
• notes, for she

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A