which of the following groups of words is a sentence fragment. A.when we stopped by the garden. B.stop by the garden. C.we stopped;she didn't. D.stopping by the garden,we saw that the flowers were in bloom.
Which of those groups of words has both a subject and a verb and makes sense all by itself.? Post your answer and we will happily give you further help.
when we stopped by the garden is the fragment
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for each group of words write sentence or sentence fragment
A sentence fragment is a group of words that is incomplete and does not express a complete thought. To determine which of the groups of words is a sentence fragment, we need to check if each one forms a complete sentence.
A. "When we stopped by the garden."
This group of words is a sentence fragment because it is a dependent clause and does not contain a subject and a predicate to form a complete sentence.
B. "Stop by the garden."
This group of words is also a sentence fragment because it is a command or imperative sentence but does not include a subject.
C. "We stopped; she didn't."
This group of words is not a sentence fragment because it contains two independent clauses joined by a semicolon. Each independent clause has a subject and a predicate, making it a complete sentence.
D. "Stopping by the garden, we saw that the flowers were in bloom."
This group of words is not a sentence fragment because it contains a participial phrase ("Stopping by the garden") followed by a comma and an independent clause ("we saw that the flowers were in bloom"). The independent clause forms a complete sentence.
Therefore, the correct answer is A: "When we stopped by the garden."