Different Kinds of Run-ons
	n Fused sentence. n In a fused sentence, there is no punctuation joining the two independent clauses. Example:    The door bell rang the maid answered it immediately.    The door bell rang. The maid answered it immediately. n In the example, the first sentence has two independent clauses that are joined with no punctuation. To fix it, we need to use appropriate punctuation to separate the two independent clauses.