Question

1. read the sentence. it began to rain the officials cancelled the game. which revision most effectively corrects the fused sentence? it began to rain, the officials cancelled the game. it began to rain, so the officials cancelled the game. it began to rain, therefore the officials cancelled the game.

Explanation:

A fused - sentence error occurs when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction. The first option is still a comma - splice error. The third option has an incorrect use of "therefore" as it should be preceded by a semicolon or a period. The second option correctly uses the coordinating conjunction "so" to show the cause - and - effect relationship between it starting to rain and the officials cancelling the game.

Answer:

It began to rain, so the officials cancelled the game.