Exercise: Grammar: Sentence fragments 3

Identify all the sentence fragments in the following items, and explain why each is grammatically incomplete. Then revise each one in at least two ways. Example:

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  1. As soon as the seventy-five-year-old cellist walked onstage. The audience burst into applause.

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    As soon as the seventy-five-year-old cellist walked onstage. The audience burst into applause.
  2. The patient has only one intention. To smoke behind the doctor’s back.

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    The patient has only one intention. To smoke behind the doctor’s back.
  3. Some reality shows feature people working in dangerous situations. Such as fishing for Alaskan king crab or logging in swamps.

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    Some reality shows feature people working in dangerous situations. Such as fishing for Alaskan king crab or logging in swamps.
  4. After writing and rewriting for almost three years. She finally felt that her novel was complete.

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    After writing and rewriting for almost three years. She finally felt that her novel was complete.
  5. In the wake of the earthquake. Relief workers tried to provide food and shelter to victims.

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    In the wake of the earthquake. Relief workers tried to provide food and shelter to victims.
  6. Forster stopped writing novels after A Passage to India. Which is one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.

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    Forster stopped writing novels after A Passage to India. Which is one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
  7. Because only two students signed up. The class was canceled this semester.

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    Because only two students signed up. The class was canceled this semester.
  8. I started running in April. And ran my first marathon in September.

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    I started running in April. And ran my first marathon in September.
  9. We sat stunned as she delivered her monologue. A ten-minute speech about everything we had done to annoy her.

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    We sat stunned as she delivered her monologue. A ten-minute speech about everything we had done to annoy her.
  10. All primates have opposable thumbs. Which sets them apart from other mammals.

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    All primates have opposable thumbs. Which sets them apart from other mammals.