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Is this sentence fused, comma-spliced, or correct? According to neurologist Wilder Penfield, the brain is the organ of destiny, holding secrets that will determine the future of the human race.
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Is this sentence fused, comma-spliced, or correct?

According to neurologist Wilder Penfield, the brain is the organ of destiny, holding secrets that will determine the future of the human race.

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It is fine.
It has a participial phrase at the beginning According to neurologist ...
It has a subject nearby: Brain
It has a main predicate is
It has an predicate nominative organ and
another participial phrase holding secrets
Finally a subordinate clause that will determine ...

It is long, but it is not a fused or run on sentence.
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