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Choose a science fragment; it should arrive late this afternoon. Doctors often warn people about that. The shoes by the front door are mine. Everybody else is part of the park.

a) Fragment 1
b) Fragment 2
c) Fragment 3
d) Fragment 4

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Final answer:

None of the given sentences is a fragment; all are complete sentences with subjects and predicates. The question may contain a typo as no option presents a traditional sentence fragment.

Step-by-step explanation:

Identifying Sentence Fragments

The task, as presented, involves selecting the sentence fragment from the given options. A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought because it lacks either a subject, a predicate, or does not communicate a complete thought. Looking at the choices provided:

  • 'Choose a science fragment; it should arrive late this afternoon.' - This appears to be a complete sentence with a directive followed by an additional detail about timing.
  • 'Doctors often warn people about that.' - This sentence has both a subject and a verb, indicating a complete thought.
  • 'The shoes by the front door are mine.' - This sentence also contains a subject and verb, making it a complete sentence.
  • 'Everybody else is part of the park.' - Despite being slightly ambiguous, this sentence has both a subject ('Everybody else') and a verb ('is'), therefore, it is a complete sentence.

Based on the options above, there is no traditional fragment present as all the provided options form complete sentences. It's possible there may have been a typo or misunderstanding in the question as it was relayed. In English, correcting unintentional sentence fragments typically involves ensuring each sentence has a subject and a predicate or connecting the fragment to a complete sentence.

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