Exercise: Grammar: Sentence fragments 1 (autoscored)

In each of the following items, select the choice that correctly eliminates any sentence fragments in the original sentence. If the sentence does not contain any errors, click on “No change.”

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Small, long-veined, fuzzy green leaves. Add to the appeal of this newly developed variety of carrot.

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Small, long-veined, fuzzy green leaves. Add to the appeal of this newly developed variety of carrot.

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Living with gusto. That is what many Americans yearn for.

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The region has dry, sandy soil. Blown into strange formations by the ever-present wind.

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The region has dry, sandy soil. Blown into strange formations by the ever-present wind.

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The climbers had two choices. To go over a four-hundred-foot cliff or to turn back. They decided to make the attempt.

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The climbers had two choices. To go over a four-hundred-foot cliff or to turn back. They decided to make the attempt.

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Picking up the cat, Connie started playing with it. It scratched her neck with its sharp little claws.

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All of the mayoral candidates agreed on one idea proposed by a citizens group. A plan to make single-stream recycling mandatory in the city.

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All of the mayoral candidates agreed on one idea proposed by a citizens group. A plan to make single-stream recycling mandatory in the city.

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As I tried carry a portfolio, art box, illustration boards, and drawing pads. I must have looked ridiculous.

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Organized crime has been able to attract graduates just as big business has. With good pay and the best equipment money can buy.

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Joan Didion has investigated politics. Exploring human emotions has also intrigued this great writer.

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Mary Wollstonecraft believed in universal public education. Also, in education that forms the heart and strengthens the body.

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