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The wandering albatross can fly thousands of miles without flapping its wings. By utilizing dynamic soaring, a technique that involves gaining energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of different velocities. This allows the bird to conserve immense amounts of energy during long journeys over the open ocean.

Which of the following options best corrects the underlined portion to ensure proper sentence structure?

  1. A
    wings. By utilizing dynamic soaring, a technique that involves gaining energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of different velocities
  2. B
    wings; by utilizing dynamic soaring, a technique that involves gaining energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of different velocities
  3. wings, utilizing dynamic soaring, a technique that involves gaining energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of different velocitiesCevap
  4. D
    wings, they utilize dynamic soaring, a technique that involves gaining energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of different velocities

Cevap

The option that changes the punctuation to a comma and uses the participle 'utilizing' to connect the description to the main clause.
The correct option resolves the sentence fragment by replacing the period with a comma and changing 'by utilizing' to the participle 'utilizing.' This grammatical structure successfully links the modifying phrase to the preceding independent clause, creating a single, complete sentence.

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1
Analyze the underlined portion and the surrounding sentences to identify the grammatical structure.
The first sentence is an independent clause: 'The wandering albatross can fly thousands of miles without flapping its wings.' The second sentence, 'By utilizing dynamic soaring...', lacks a main verb and is a fragment.
A complete sentence must contain a subject and a verb and express a complete thought.
2
Evaluate the choices to find one that eliminates the fragment without introducing new errors.
Connecting the two parts using a comma and a participle ('utilizing') correctly subordinates the fragment into a modifying phrase attached to the main independent clause.
This establishes a clear, grammatically correct relation between the bird's flight and the technique it uses.
3
Verify that the other choices introduce errors.
The semicolon choice results in a punctuation error because it separates an independent clause from a fragment. The choice with 'they utilize' creates a comma splice.
Semicolons require independent clauses on both sides, and commas cannot join two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.

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Correcting sentence fragments by integrating subordinate phrases into existing independent clauses using appropriate punctuation and participles.
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