Question

read the example.
a phone rang in the concert hall the orchestra stopped playing.
what common sentence-construction error does this show?
○ comma splice
○ run-on sentence
○ sentence fragment
○ missing punctuation

Explanation:

A run - on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions. In the given sentence, "A phone rang in the concert hall" and "the orchestra stopped playing" are two independent clauses joined without a conjunction or appropriate punctuation (like a period or a semicolon). A comma splice uses a comma to join independent clauses (which isn't the case here as there's no comma), and a sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence (not applicable here). Missing punctuation is a bit vague, but the core error of joining two independent clauses without proper separation is a run - on sentence.

Answer:

B. run - on sentence