Question

The local classic car auction raised $12,000 for local charities, the mayor is designating the funds to the children’s hospital.

Which sentence error does the text make?

sentence fragment

fused sentence

comma splice

misplaced modifier

Answer 1

what u have here is a comma splice.

when 2 independent sentences are connected with only a comma. Which is incorrect punctuation.

this could be fixed by separating the independent clauses with a comma + conjunction.....or a semi-colon.