Question

Which option best corrects this sentence fragment? In the secluded pond. In the secluded pond, deep in the woods, at dawn.

Mallard ducks in the secluded pond. In the secluded pond, mallard ducks swim.



Frogs and mallard ducks. Swimming in the secluded pond.

Answer 1

In the secluded pond, mallard ducks swim.

Explanation: i took the k12 test

Answer 2

In the secluded pond, mallard ducks swim.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sentence fragments are groups of words looking like a sentence in the sense that they begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark (like a period) but that, in reality, are not sentences because they lack a subject, a predicate or both and thus, do not express complete thoughts. To correct fragments, then, we must include them within a sentence.

In the secluded pond, mallard ducks swim is a construction having a subject: mallard ducks, and a predicate, which is all the rest that is stating something about the subject; and expressing a complete thought on its own, and therefore, it is the sentence that best corrects the fragment.