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Difficulty: EasySentence Fragments

The oceanographers spent several weeks tracking the migration of blue whales in the Pacific Ocean. Hoping to understand how changing water temperatures affect their travel routes.

Which of the following choices best corrects the underlined portion to ensure the sentence is grammatically complete?

  1. A
    Ocean. Hoping to understand
  2. Ocean, hoping to understandAnswer
  3. C
    Ocean; hoping to understand
  4. D
    Ocean, they hoped to understand

Answer

The correct choice is 'Ocean, hoping to understand' because it resolves the fragment by attaching the participial phrase to the main clause.
The correct choice is 'Ocean, hoping to understand' because it resolves the sentence fragment by attaching the participial phrase to the preceding independent clause with a comma.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the original underlined text and determine if it forms a complete sentence.
The phrase starting with 'Hoping to understand' is a participial phrase that lacks a subject and a conjugated verb, making it a sentence fragment.
To identify sentence structure errors and choose the correct grammatical resolution.
2
Evaluate the choices to find a version that resolves the fragment without creating new punctuation or structure errors.
Using a comma to attach the participial phrase to the preceding independent clause is the grammatically correct solution.
To ensure the sentence contains both a subject and a verb and flows logically without punctuation errors.

Key Concept

Sentence Fragments
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