Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Lorna did not last long in Mr. Wolcott's busy office, her long fingernails made accurate typing impossible, and her abrasive manner scared away too many potential clients.

• office her
• office, because her
• office. Her

Bo was craving a cold slice of watermelon, but he had money only for hotdogs and buns, Bo was pretty sure that sticking the huge fruit under his shirt and pretending that he was pregnant wouldn't fool the cashiers.

• buns Bo
• buns. Bo
• buns, but Bo

Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk, Adriana looked at the clock, there was still a half hour left of class, more than enough time to do her poorly prepared, ten-minute speech. 

• clock there
• clock; there
• clock, so there

My cat Buster is always tipping over the garbage can then he searches through the trash for milk jug caps, which he bats around the floor, the cat version of playing ice hockey.

• can, then
• can, but then
• can, and then

Susan ducked down when she saw Mr. Hayden, her English teacher, walk into Tito’s Taco Palace, unfortunately, a burrito wasn't big enough to hide behind, so poor Susan had to explain why she had missed his class again.

• Palace unfortunately
• Palace; Unfortunately
• Palace. Unfortunately

Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly, any combination of which he couldn't stomach

• snack, his
• snack, but his
• snack, so his

Sherian refuses to let her kids have a puppy, she is convinced that dogs are just big germs and refuses to follow one around with a sponge and bottle of bleach.

• puppy she
• puppy, but she
• puppy, for she

The coach was mad at his team, for he told the players they had to work harder in practice he made them watch extra film to prepare for the next game.

• team for
• practice; he
• practice, he

Bored with the lecture on comma splices and fused sentences, Jayson started poking Kim with the sharp tip of his pencil finally she whirled around and slugged him in the mouth

• pencil, finally she
• pencil, as a result she
• pencil; finally, she

Sighing heavily, Melody tried to summon the energy to get to her next class her heavy book bag and the long walk, however, seemed impossible challenges.

• class, her
• class; her
• class but her