Question

What change is needed to form a complete sentence?

No one but Marella was in the car when the accident occurred.

a)

Add a colon after Marella

b)

No changes need to be made.

c)

Add a detail about whose car it was

d)

Remove the phrase in the car

Answer 1

The correct answer is b) No changes need to be made. This is because the sentence is already complete and grammatically correct.

A complete sentence consists of a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought. The subject of the sentence is no one but Marella, the predicate is was in the car when the accident occurred, and the complete thought is that Marella was the only person in the car at that time. Adding a colon after Marella would be incorrect, as colons are used to introduce a list or an explanation. Adding a detail about whose car it was would not be necessary, as it is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Removing the phrase in the car would change the meaning of the sentence and make it less specific.

Answer 2

b) No changes need to be made.

Step-by-step explanation:

A complete sentence is a sentence that begins with a capital letter, ends with a mark, namely, a period, a question mark or an exclamation point, contains at least a subject and a verb and expresses a complete idea on its own.

So, "No one but Marella was in the car when the accident occurred" is a complete sentence because it begins with a capital letter, ends with a period, has a subject: "No one but Marella", a verb: "was" and complements, and it expresses a complete thought or idea on its own, meaning that it is not missing any word or phrase. Therefore, no changes need to be made in this sentence.