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Many home bakers enjoy cultivating a sourdough starter, which is a mixture of flour and water that captures wild yeast. This starter requires daily feedings. Because the yeast needs a constant source of nutrients to survive.

Which of the following options is the best replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. feedings because the yeastAnswer
  3. C
    feedings; because the yeast
  4. D
    feedings, the yeast

Answer

feedings because the yeast
The correct option connects the dependent clause directly to the independent clause that precedes it. By removing the period and the capital letter, the fragment is resolved into a single, grammatically correct sentence.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the grammatical issue in the underlined portion and the sentence following it.
The phrase starting with 'Because' is a dependent clause, which makes it a sentence fragment when separated by a period.
Recognizing that a dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence is the first step in resolving fragments.
2
Evaluate the options to find one that connects the dependent clause to the preceding independent clause.
Removing the period and connecting the clauses directly is required.
Connecting a dependent clause to an independent clause eliminates the sentence fragment.
3
Ensure that the chosen option does not introduce other punctuation errors, such as semicolon fragments or comma splices.
The option without a period or semicolon, and retaining the subordinating conjunction, is grammatically correct.
Semicolons cannot precede dependent clauses, and joining two independent clauses with only a comma creates a comma splice.

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Sentence Fragments
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