Identify the sentence fragments below and rewrite them to make them into complete sentences. Remember to use capitalization and punctuation.
-Advertising in the local newspaper and online.
-The politician, whom I used to like, made many promises.
-The candidates on television night and day.
-After the election, we were very hopeful.
- Our company was advertising in the local newspaper, and online.
- I’m not sure about this one
- The candidates were on television night and day.
- When the election ended, we were very hopeful.
You're not sure about B -- that's good! There is no fragment to rewrite in B!
D didn't need to be rewritten either, but A, C, and D as you rewrote them are correct -- all complete sentences now.
thanks so much!!
You're welcome!
- Our company was advertising in the local newspaper and online, hoping to reach a wider audience.
- The politician, whom I used to like, made many promises that he failed to fulfill.
- The candidates appeared on television night and day, trying to win over voters with their messages.
- After the election ended, we were filled with hope for a better future.
To identify sentence fragments, we need to look for groups of words that do not form complete sentences on their own. Let's analyze each of the given sentence fragments and rewrite them as complete sentences:
1. "Advertising in the local newspaper and online."
This sentence fragment lacks a subject (the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about) and a predicate (the verb or action in the sentence). To make it a complete sentence, we can add a subject and predicate: "Our company was advertising in the local newspaper and online."
2. "The politician, whom I used to like, made many promises."
This sentence fragment contains a subject ("The politician") but lacks a predicate. To make it a complete sentence, we can add a predicate: "The politician, whom I used to like, made many promises."
3. "The candidates on television night and day."
Similar to the previous example, this sentence fragment has a subject ("The candidates") but is missing a predicate. We can complete it by adding a predicate: "The candidates were on television night and day."
4. "After the election, we were very hopeful."
This sentence fragment has both a subject ("we") and a predicate ("were very hopeful"). Therefore, it is already a complete sentence.
Remember that adding capitalization and punctuation is necessary when transforming sentence fragments into complete sentences.