Question

write whether each of the following items contains a fragment or two complete sentences. 1. he has become too interested in his personal statistics. like so many other professional athletes these days. 2. the dance will be held in the gym. which is going to be decorated. 3. the computer class that was going to be offered every monday has been canceled. there apparently is a scheduling conflict. 4. after staking out the old warehouse for two weeks. the detective arrested the smugglers. copyright © the mcgraw - hill companies, inc. b. correcting sentence fragments choose any two of the items above that you identified as containing fragments and rewrite each so that the fragment is corrected.

Explanation:

1. "Like so many other professional athletes these days" is a fragment as it doesn't express a complete thought.
2. "Which is going to be decorated" is a fragment as it's a relative - clause without a main clause to attach to in a proper way.
3. These are two complete sentences. The first states the cancellation of a computer class, and the second gives a reason.
4. "After staking out the old warehouse for two weeks" is a fragment as it's a prepositional phrase starting with a subordinating conjunction and doesn't express a complete thought.

Answer:

1. Fragment
2. Fragment
3. Two complete sentences
4. Fragment

For correcting fragments:

• For item 1: He has become too interested in his personal statistics, like so many other professional athletes these days.
• For item 2: The dance will be held in the gym which is going to be decorated.