5 complete examples of fragments

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Here is a glaring example of a sentence fragment: Because of the rain. On its own, because of the rain doesn't form a complete thought. It leaves us wondering what happened because of the rain.

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Order the words to make complex noun phrases. What is being described in each case?whit bright lights/ that make you eat quickly

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A noun phrase consists of words wherein the noun is the main word plus its modifiers. A noun phrase is classified into two: a basic noun phrase and a complex noun phrase. A basic noun phrase contains only the pre-modifier and the noun head. Whereas, the complex noun phrase consists of the pre-modifier, the noun head and the post-modifier. In the given phrases above, the complex noun phrases are as follows: A busy restaurant, with white, bright lights and uncomfortable head seats, that make you eat quickly.

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43. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is “to play basketball”? “Porpoises have been trained to play basketball."

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The phrase <em>to play basketball</em> is an Infinitive Phrase. An infinitive Phrase has verbs as base forms.

The word<em> To</em> is a verb and verbs are action words, and so, the phrase<em> to play basketball </em>is an action word and the phrase in the sentence is an infinitive phrase.

<h3>Infinitive phrase</h3>

Infinitive phrase is a noun phrase that begins with an infinitive verb.

There are several types of phrases and some are