Shi I don’t I just be tryin my best
He uses it because it gives demension to the story
I walked down the dark dirt path to a small quaint cottage. The smell of pine trees and the sound of birds filled my senses. The air around me was warm as I walked closer. The picnic table outside was rustic and wooden. I ran my hand across it and it felt bumpy and aged. I imagined picnics with juicy tarts and cobblers that may have happened at this table. The cottage looked vintage like a grandmothers, it laid deep within the woods and was secluded from city life. It was a very peaceful setting.
This is a fragment - the sentence is incomplete, it lacks a main verb. It would be a complex sentence if it was finished, if it said - ...a concrete symbol that would provide the substance they needed to restore their shaken hope <em>presented itself to them, </em>or something along those lines. Since there is no such verb, the sentence is not finished.
Answer:
He ate a snack while studying at his desk.