Find the error in this passage, and then identify what type of error it is. fairness is a subject many young children explore routinely. often, when a child talks about fairness, she means sameness she wants her situation to be the same as her brother's situation. for example, if her brother is allowed to stay up an hour later, she thinks she should also be allowed to stay up an hour later. a. punctuation b. grammar c. spelling d. consistency of tone

The error is this passage is punctuation. The correct punctuation in these sentences is the following: “Often, when a child talks about fairness, she means sameness. She wants her situation to be the same as her brother's situation.”

A period is needed between the word “sameness” and “she” since it separates two complete sentences. If a period is not included then the whole phrase does not have sense.  

Punctuation is an important writing resource that helps us organize and add coherence to our texts.

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