Question

10. Choose the correct explanation for why To learn Portuguese is a fragment. Zoe decided to move to Portugal after graduating from college. To learn Portuguese.

A. It begins with a preposition.
B. It is missing a conjunction and a verb.
C. It is not a complete thought.
D. It starts with an infinitive.

Answer 1

C. It is not a complete thought.

Answer 2

"To learn Portuguese" is a fragment for the following reason:

C. It is not a complete thought.

Step-by-step explanation:

Saying "to learn Portuguese" isolatedly sounds intelligible, but also vague, since it lacks other basic elements found in a sentence, such as a clear subject and a predicate. In "Zoe decided to move to Portugal after graduating from college. To learn Portuguese", punctuation makes the last part a fragment. If we drop the period after "from college", "to learn Portuguese" becomes a part of the first sentence and is no longer a fragment, as in:

Zoe decided to move to Portugal after graduating from college to learn Portuguese.

"To learn Portuguese" becomes a part of the sentence and conveys the idea of purpose.