Fragment Sentences: Quiz 3

Please determine if the following passage contains a fragment sentence or not:

Lake effect snow, which occurs when cold air moves over a body of warm water and turns the moisture into snow. The snow is then dumped on a neighboring land mass.

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The value of shares in the company dropped on the news that CEO Rick Thompson had thrown in the towel. No reason given though.

Please determine if the following passage contains a fragment sentence or not:

In The Origin of Brands, Al Ries and Laura Ries argue that just as evolutionary biology speaks of a divergence of species, so too in marketing do we see brands branching out in unique ways.

Please determine if the following passage contains a fragment sentence or not:

Before the age of alarm clocks, you could be a knocker-up (or knocker-upper). A knocker-up was someone who went around with a long pole to knock on people’s windows and wake them up. But what if the knocker-up slept in? What then?

Please determine if the following passage contains a fragment sentence or not:

I thought the sign in the parking lot said “reserved for our fittest customers.” As it turns out, it actually says “littlest customers.” I guess I’ll have to move my vehicle.

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Somehow netball hasn’t really caught on in North America. Not sure why exactly. Perhaps people are used to basketball, where you can dribble the ball.

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Two people were killed during the construction of the skyscraper. They made it, but they didn’t make it.

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Various Arab states ganged up against Qatar. Demanding among other things that the Qataris give up funding the al-Jazeera television network.

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Have you seen Waldo? Lately he always seems to be skipping school.

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Noel started a new thirty-day challenge. Complimenting his boss once every day.