Question

Drew Hayden Taylor's critique of Stephen Harper's apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task.

Which of the following errors are being displayed in the sentence above?
comma splice
no error
run-on sentence
sentence fragment

Answer 1

Sentence fragment

Step-by-step explanation:

A sentence fragment is a group of words that looks like a sentence but isn't a complete sentence. A complete sentence must contain a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought. A sentence fragment doesn't fulfill all these criteria.

Stephen Harper's apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. are examples of sentence fragments. If we connected these fragments, we'd get a complete sentence:

• Stephen Harper's apology argued that it is insufficient to the task.

A run-on sentence occurs when independent clauses are incorrectly connected - without using a coordinating conjunction or proper punctuation, such as a period or a semicolon.

A comma splice is a type of run-on sentence. It occurs when independent clauses are connected only with a comma, instead of a comma and coordinating conjunction.