Question

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

Don’t count your chickens.


A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.


If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.


The early bird catches the worm.

Answer 1

C. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.
This is a sentence fragment because it does not express a complete thought. There’s no “then” to complete the “if”. What if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck? We don’t know.
A, B, and D all express complete thoughts.

Answer 2

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

Don’t count your chickens.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.

The early bird catches the worm.