Question

Where in this reading is can you find either a comma splice or a fused sentence. There are 5 errors total and I have found 3 please assist with the other 2. thanks. One of the hottest competitors at the 2002 Olympics at Salt Lake City was 19-year-old Apolo Ohno. His event was short track speed skating, Americans were pinning their hopes on this young man for more than one reason. They wanted a U.S. win, of course. But just as important, a medal at the Olympics would be a personal victory for Apolo. Apolo's mother left the family when he was one year old he was raised in Seattle by his father, Yukio. Yukio had his parenting work cut out for him. In day care, Apolo climbed over the fence, as a latchkey kid, he didn't always come home. He sometimes disappeared on weekends. He hung out mostly with a bad crowd. The father and son fought constantly Yukio considered sending Apolo to military school. At the same time, Yukio kept trying to get Apolo interested in some activities, such as choir, swimming, and in-line skating. Nothing worked until Apolo was watching the 1994 Olympics. A new event was introduced: short-track speed skating the boy was 11 years old, and he was hooked.

Answer 1

Answer:

- His event was short track speed skating, Americans were pinning their hopes on this young man for more than one reason.

- Apolo's mother left the family when he was one year old he was raised in Seattle by his father, Yukio.

- In day care, Apolo climbed over the fence, as a latchkey kid, he didn't always come home.

- The father and son fought constantly Yukio considered sending Apolo to military school.

- A new event was introduced: short-track speed skating the boy was 11 years old, and he was hooked.

Explanation:

The above sentences exemplify the run-on sentence as they improperly connect two independent clauses together without proper punctuation or conjunction.

Run-on sentences are of two types; comma splice and fused sentence. In comma splice, two independent clauses are inappropriately joined by a comma while fused sentences contain an error of linking two independent clauses without any appropriate use of punctuation or conjunction. Such sentences mislead the actual meaning or thought and confuse the reader.

These errors can be rectified by appropriately using punctuation and conjunction that helps in clarifying the meaning to readers effectively.