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What is the error in the following sentence? Standing on the hill. Benton saw the city spread out below him. A. There is a run-on. B. There is a fragment. C. There is a fused sentence. D. There is a comma splice.
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Standing on the hill. Benton saw the city spread out below him. There is a fragment. To correct, it can be re-written as: Standing on the hill, ...
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User: What is the error in the following sentence? Standing on the hill. Benton saw the city spread out below him. A. There is a run-on. B. There is a fragment. C. There is a fused sentence. D. There is a comma splice.

Note: A. There is a run-on
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Weegy: The answer is C. There is a fused sentence.
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Standing on the hill. Benton saw the city spread out below him.
There is a fragment. To correct, it can be re-written as:
Standing on the hill, Benton saw the city spread out below him. Change the period to a comma to make complex sentence.
7/23/2012 5:43:06 PM
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