Transcript the fused sentence!

The Grammar Police….
…go after the worst offender:
…the fused sentence!
Fused means “joined together.”
A fused sentence is really two sentences,
but there is no punctuation between them.
You can’t tell where one begins
and the other ends.
The hard part of correcting a fused sentence is
deciding where to divide the sentence.
Fused sentence
You were wrong
about those two
men we saw last
night. They
weren’t drug
dealers they
were undercover
policemen.
CORRECTION OF A FUSED SENTENCE
FUSED SENTENCE:
You were wrong
about those two
men we saw last
night. They weren’t
drug dealers they
were undercover
policemen.
CORRECTED:
You were wrong
about those two
men we saw last
night. They weren’t
drug dealers; they
were undercover
policemen.
It’s your turn!
Fused Sentence Exercise
1. I got up late
this morning I
didn’t even
have time to
eat breakfast.
Fused Sentence Exercise
3. Interpretation is not something that
you can learn overnight it takes
years of study.
Fused Sentence Exercise
4. I’ll graduate
from college
next month
then I have to
serve in the
army.
Fused Sentence Exercise
5. I have always
wanted to go to
Japan but have
never had the
chance. My
sister has been
there twice I
envy her very
much.
Fused Sentence Exercise
6. I used to think that you were shy
however now I know the truth.
Fused Sentence Exercise
7. Let’s finish these chores then we can
spend the rest of the evening
relaxing.
Fused Sentence Exercise
8. I was shocked when I discovered my
boyfriend wasn’t telling me the truth.
afterwards I had a hard time trusting
him.
Fused Sentence Exercise
9. I was confused by the menu I
couldn’t decide what to order.
Fused Sentence Exercise
10. My
eighty-year old
grandmother still
rides her bicycle
to the market
every day her pet
poodle rides
along in the
bicycle basket.