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QuizMultiple Choice

The Art of Argument — Test

Question 19 • English Language Arts 10

Read the example. If you want to know how Dickens’s last novel would end. What common error in sentence construction is evident in this example?

Answer
A
missing conjunction
B
run-on sentence
C
comma splice
D
sentence fragment

Explanation

The example begins with “If,” which introduces a dependent clause: “If you want to know how Dickens’s last novel would end.” It does not state what happens if you want to know, so it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. This is a sentence fragment, choice D.

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