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Are these complete sentences, or is one of them a fragment?

Princess Anna stared straight into her dog's guilty eyes. Which pair of shoes had the puppy chewed up?

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Final answer:

Both sentences provided are complete; neither is a fragment. A complete sentence must have a subject, a verb, and express a complete thought. Understanding and identifying sentence errors is important for clear writing.

Step-by-step explanation:

In examining whether the sentences presented are complete or if one is a fragment, we must first understand what constitutes a complete sentence. A complete sentence requires at least a subject and a predicate (which contains the verb), and it must express a complete thought. Looking at the sentences provided:

  • Princess Anna stared straight into her dog's guilty eyes. This sentence has a subject ('Princess Anna') and a verb ('stared'), and it expresses a complete thought, thus it is a complete sentence.
  • 'Which pair of shoes had the puppy chewed up?' Though this is a question, it contains a subject ('pair of shoes') and a verb ('had chewed'), and it also expresses a complete thought, so it is a complete sentence as well.

In this case, both sentences are complete, and neither is a fragment. However, an unintentional sentence fragment often occurs when what is meant to be a complete sentence is missing one of the critical elements: a subject, a verb, or a complete thought. These fragments can be corrected by either attaching the fragment to a nearby complete sentence or by revising the fragment to include the missing components.

Intentional sentence fragments are a different matter; they are often used in creative writing to convey urgency or emphasis. They force the reader to quickly stitch together the meaning with the surrounding text.

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aprender español es mejor que inglés, también he respondido 4 de estas cosas para ti, así que ¿por qué preguntas todas las respuestas eh? hazlo tu mismo . Aunque es un poco mi culpa por responder de todos modos.

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