Which of the following sentences is a fused sentence? A. That loud noise was hail. B. The countryside has really changed, it looks more like a city now. C. My yard fills up with worms whenever it rains. D. I hate gossip it destroys people's lives.

Answer:I hate gossip it destroys people's lives.

Explanation:

What are Fused Sentences?

A fused sentence which is also referred to as a run-on sentence, results from connecting two independent clause into one sentence without using punctuation.

In terms of grammar rules this can be regarded as an error but sometimes people use these sentences informally.

It is however not encouraged to use these type of sentences in formal writing.

Let us first explain what is meant by

Independent Clauses:

Since fused sentences are a connection of independent clauses it would be good to understand them.

Independent clause refers to words that contain nouns and verbs and they can independently form a grammatically complete sentence if broken up.

Let us break our sentence above into independent clause or main clause:

This is also a useful way of correcting a fused sentence.

- I hate gossip.

- it destroys people's lives.

If these sentences are combined together without a punctuation that when we get a fused sentence.

A comma can also be used to sperate the two main clause in order to correct a fused sentence.

- I hate gossip, it destroys people's lives.

Another way of correcting fused sentence is using comma and a coordinating conjunction

- I hate gossip, and it destroys people's lives

We can also use a preposition to combine the two

- I hate gossip because it destroys people's lives.