What is wrong with this sentence?

The stock prices were not available today, the market was closed.

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What is wrong with this sentence?

The stock prices were not available today, the market was closed.

anonymous · Answer

The stock prices were not available today; the market was closed. --OR-- The stock prices were not available today.  The market was closed.

anonymous · Answer

You can try "The stock prices were not available today; the market was closed.
OR
The stock prices were not available today because the market was closed.

anonymous · Answer

Wajjaw:  Your second possible answer is incorrect because the second sentence is a fragment.

anonymous · Answer

"The market was closed," isn't a fragment. It has a subject and a verb and no dependent word.

anonymous · Answer

No part of it is a fragment; the entire thing is a run on. Make two separate sentences or link with the word "because".

anonymous · Answer

@britchenhauer
you are right; however, if you would want to have the best answer, it would be to link both sentences using the word because.  This way, it is more formal.

please_help · Answer

place a comma after - can, call