Identify the option containing a sentence fragment. A. The water was boiling. It was spilling all over the stove. B. The water w

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Identify the option containing a sentence fragment. A. The water was boiling. It was spilling all over the stove. B. The water w

as boiling, and it was spilling all over the stove. C. The water was boiling. And spilling all over the stove. D. The water was boiling and spilling all over the stove

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earnstyle [38] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-08T14:45:36+03:00

Answer:

C. The water was boiling. And spilling all over the stove.

Explanation:

A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. To know which one is a sentence fragment we must know how a complete sentence looks.

A complete sentece has:

1) A capital letter at the beginning.

2) An end mark. It can be a period (.), a question mark (?), or an exclamation point (!).

3) It must contain at least one main clause. A main clause contains and independent subject and verb, it also expresses a complete thought.

From the options given, option C. is formed by a complete sentence and a sentence fragments.

And spilling all over the stove.

- It starts with capital letter.

- It ends with a period.

- It doesn't have and independent subject, this makes it express an incomplete idea. We don't know what was spilling all over the stove.

ASHA 777 [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-08T13:35:02+03:00

I would have to say C. The water was boiling. And spilling all over the stove.

Even though "It was spilling all over the stove" in answer B is technically not a complete sentence, "And spilling all over the stove" is probably more likely considered a fragment.

I hope this helped, baii <3