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Question

If you want to know how Dickens's last novel would end.

What common error in sentence construction is evident in this example?

A. comma splice

B. run-on sentence

C. sentence fragment

D. missing conjunction

Answer 1

The common error in the sentence "If you want to know how Dickens's last novel would end" is:

C. sentence fragment

This sentence is a fragment because it does not express a complete thought and lacks an independent clause. It starts with a subordinate clause ("If you want to know...") that requires a main clause to complete the idea.