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Peat bogs play a crucial role in regulating the global climate by storing vast quantities of carbon. Because these waterlogged wetlands prevent organic matter from fully decaying, which keeps carbon locked underground for thousands of years.

Which of the following options is the most grammatically correct replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. These waterlogged wetlands prevent organic matter from fully decaying, keepingCevap
  3. C
    These waterlogged wetlands prevent organic matter from fully decaying; keeping
  4. D
    These waterlogged wetlands prevent organic matter from fully decaying, they keep

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The choice that changes the underlined portion to 'These waterlogged wetlands prevent organic matter from fully decaying, keeping' is the correct answer because it establishes a complete independent clause and connects it properly to a modifying phrase.
The correct option, which replaces the underlined text with 'These waterlogged wetlands prevent organic matter from fully decaying, keeping', successfully eliminates the sentence fragment. It creates a complete independent clause containing a subject ('wetlands') and a verb ('prevent'), and correctly connects a modifying participial phrase using a comma.

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1
Analyze the original sentence structure to identify grammatical errors.
The clause starts with the subordinating conjunction 'Because' and ends with a relative clause ('which keeps...'), leaving the entire sentence as a fragment with no independent clause.
Recognizing sentence fragments is the first step in resolving sentence structure issues on the ACT English section.
2
Evaluate the choices to find one that establishes an independent clause.
Removing the subordinating conjunction 'Because' allows the clause 'These waterlogged wetlands prevent organic matter from fully decaying' to function as a complete, independent sentence.
An independent clause requires a subject and a verb and must express a complete thought.
3
Verify that the punctuation connecting any subsequent phrases is correct.
Using a comma followed by the participle 'keeping' correctly links the modifying phrase to the independent clause, whereas a semicolon creates a fragment and a comma alone creates a comma splice.
Testing the remaining choices ensures that the chosen option does not introduce new punctuation errors like comma splices or semicolon fragments.

Anahtar Kavram

Identifying and correcting sentence fragments by establishing a clear independent clause and utilizing proper punctuation to connect modifying phrases.
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