This question is missing the sentence. When I looked it up online, I found the following 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:
The common error in sentence construction that is evident in this example is:
c. sentence fragment.
Explanation:
A sentence fragment is basically a sentence that is missing one of its essential parts. Such an incomplete sentence does not make sense, lacking important information. That is precisely the case with the sentence we are analyzing here:
"If you want to know how Dickens's last novel would end."
The fragment above consists of a subordinate clause. It is already characteristic of subordinate clauses the inability to convey a full message without a main clause. Since the main clause is missing, we are left with a sentence fragment. Below, you will find an example of how this fragment could become a whole sentence:
"If you want to know how Dickens's last novel would end, you need to talk to the scholars who have dedicated their lives to studying his work."
