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OpenStudy (firejay5):

Sentence Fragment HELP!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the question?

OpenStudy (firejay5):

I have 19 sentences that I have to determine if it's a sentence or a fragment

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ill help

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Want me to type all of the sentences

OpenStudy (anonymous):

one at a time

OpenStudy (firejay5):

make 19 individual questions

OpenStudy (firejay5):

or just type them 1 at a time on this question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

one at a time on this one

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Samuel Clemens became one of the best-loved American storytellers.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Because Misha had an innovative style.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fragment

OpenStudy (firejay5):

could you explain why each sentence is a fragment. On this fragment, you DON'T start a sentence with "because"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok sorry and yes that's why

OpenStudy (firejay5):

that's okay I didn't tell you; like tell me what word/phrase needs to be deleted or what needs to be added

OpenStudy (anonymous):

um can i help in a sec someone replied to my question

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Works from charcoals to watercolors to pastels

OpenStudy (anonymous):

brb

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it multiple choice?

OpenStudy (firejay5):

fragment or sentence

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think its a fragment but i cant think what to add or delete

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Works from charcoals to watercolors to pastels

OpenStudy (firejay5):

where's the verb in the sentence

OpenStudy (anonymous):

works

OpenStudy (firejay5):

work is the verb and what is the predicate

OpenStudy (firejay5):

there's NO subject in the sentence, so I would add a person to the sentence

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Nancy, feeling that her ideas were unpopular, kept them to herself.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it looks like a sentence but the grammar is a bit wrong so i would add this Nancy,feeling that her ideas were unpopular, SHE kept them to herself.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so fragment

OpenStudy (firejay5):

By distancing herself from historians, biographers, and critics.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fragment

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the next one?

OpenStudy (firejay5):

In his paintings, David has developed a very individual style

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence

OpenStudy (anonymous):

next one?

OpenStudy (firejay5):

A concept that became apparent in 1915.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i have a question myself after i help you could you help me maybe?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and think its a sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

I'd like to study at the Art Institute of Chicago or the Arts Students League in New York.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Willie Stieglitz, a promoter and art exhibitor

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fragment

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Come in .

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats' a hard one but i would say sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Whom he later called to apologize.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fragment

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Myriads of flowers, some from her well-manicured gardens.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence i think

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Appeared in the mid-1920s

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fragment

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Many clothing designs have been influenced by the American Southwest Landscape

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Where they first visited in 1995.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fragment

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Establishing herself as the authority on short story writing.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fragment

OpenStudy (firejay5):

just give it a weak and it'll come on.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence and week not weak

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Long-stemmed purple irises rising from their beds.

OpenStudy (firejay5):

just give it a tweak and it'll come on.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence and sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

both that I typed about purple irises and give it a tweak are sentences. Why?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oops sorry the first is a fragment and then sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Long-stemmed purple irises rising from their beds. = Fragment Just give it a tweak and it'll come on. = Sentence

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

OpenStudy (firejay5):

Her perfume lingered in the air, revealing her recent presence.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

why

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you not trust me?

OpenStudy (firejay5):

I just want to know why it's a sentence that's all

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well maybe i dont have a explanation and i just know its a sentence

OpenStudy (firejay5):

@MCLover1477 Why did you block?

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