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 (also called a fused sentence) occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions. In the example “A phone rang in the concert hall the orchestra stopped playing,” two independent clauses (“A phone rang in the concert hall” and “the orchestra stopped playing”) are joined without a conjunction or appropriate punctuation. A comma splice uses a comma to join two independent clauses without a conjunction (this example has no comma). A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence, and this is a complete thought (two independent clauses) just joined incorrectly. Missing punctuation is too vague as the main error is the run - on structure.

Answer:

B. run - on sentence