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Posted by flojoe on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:04pm.

Identify if the word grouping contains sentence fragments, a comma splice, or a run-on sentence, or if the grouping is a complete sentence."Cats, unlike dogs and fond of sitting on laps"

• english - Sara, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:08pm

  I think you replaced "are" with "and".

  
  

• english - Sara, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:08pm

  sorry it's the other way around.

  
  

• english - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:11pm

  Sara's right. As you typed your sentence, it's a fragment. However, if you changed "and" to "are," it would be a complete sentence. Cats, unlike dogs, are fond of sitting on laps."

  
  

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