Question

(7) When a set of fingerprints is sent to a crime laboratory for identification.

Sentence (7) is a
A) simple sentence.
B) run-on sentence.
C) compound sentence.
D) sentence fragment.

Answer 1

Sentence fragment. It looks like a sentence but it does not have a complete thought

Answer 2

The answer to your question would be that the selected sentence is a sentence fragment. That is, the correct option would be D.

Sentence fragments are groups of words that look like sentences but aren't. For a group of words to be a sentence, it must contain at least one independent clause. An independent clause is any group of words that contains both a subject and a verb and can stand on its own. Sentence (7) cannot stand as a complete thought because it is a dependent clause.

(7) *When a set of fingerprints is sent to a crime laboratory for identification,