What type of sentence fault results when a writer joins two independent clauses with a comma?
A)Run-on sentence
B)Comma splice
C)Fragment
D)Simple

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When two independent clauses are joined by a comma, it results in a comma splice. This is considered a sentence fault because the two clauses should either be separated into two sentences or joined together with a conjunction or appropriate punctuation.

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