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Which of the following is a sentence fragment

A. Marina is a fast runner and a skilled basketball player.

B. Marina, an excellent basketball player

C. Marina has very strong basketball skills.

D. Marina, a great basketball player, scored 26 points today.

User RyPope
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Answer: B

Explanation:That is part of a sentence because it's just a fact.

User Albertamg
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Answer:

Your answer would be B.

Step-by-step explanation:

B is a sentence fragment. Sentence fragments are groups of words that look like sentences, but aren't. In order to be a sentence, groups of words need to have at least one independent clause. An independent clause is any group of words that contain both a subject and a verb and can stand on its own as it represents a complete thought. Sentence fragments never have independent clauses, but instead are dependent clauses or phrases. In this case, B is a sentence fragment. It contains a subject, the NP "Mary" modified by a what-it-appears-to-be an appositive phrase (an excellent basketball player), but it lacks the predicate.

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