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Identifying and Correcting Sentence Fragments

Below are suggested answers to the exercise on page one: Identifying and Correcting Sentence Fragments.
  1. Correct
  2. Fragment
    Using a paper clip to pick the lock, Archie broke into the storeroom.
  3. Correct
  4. Fragment
    After several delays throughout the afternoon, the game was finally canceled because of rain.
  5. Fragment
    Some sports--soccer and rugby, for example--are much more popular outside the U.S.
  6. Correct
  7. Fragment
    Jason stood in the doorway, his eyes blinking nervously, his fingers tapping on the frame.


  1. Fragment
    After two weeks at summer camp and a week at Maggie's farm, I was ready to go back to school.
  2. Fragment
    Katie works at the college snack bar every weekend and on Tuesday and Thursday nights.
  3. Correct
  4. Fragment
    Many common foods, such as ketchup and hamburger buns, contain large amounts of sugar.
  5. Fragment
    Raising the window so that I could clean the outside panes, I strained my back.
  6. Fragment
    Fred ran across the rain-soaked lawn, his shirttail flapping in the breeze.
  7. Fragment
    Whenever you get the urge to sing, please stifle that urge.
  8. Correct
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