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Zorluk: KolaySentence Fragments

The following passage contains an underlined portion.

In 1609, Galileo Galilei constructed his first telescope. Which allowed him to observe the craters on the Moon and the four largest moons of Jupiter.

Which option is the most grammatically correct revision of the underlined portion?

  1. A
    telescope. Which allowed him to observe
  2. B
    telescope; which allowed him to observe
  3. C
    telescope, this allowed him to observe
  4. telescope, which allowed him to observeCevap

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telescope, which allowed him to observe
The correct revision resolves the sentence fragment by replacing the period with a comma. This correctly links the dependent relative clause beginning with 'which' to the main independent clause, creating a grammatically correct, unified sentence.

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1
Analyze the underlined portion to determine if it is a complete sentence.
The clause 'Which allowed him to observe...' lacks an independent subject and is a dependent clause, making the original construction a sentence fragment.
Identifying sentence fragments requires checking if each punctuated sentence has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.
2
Evaluate the relationship between the two clauses.
The second clause relative to the first clause is nonessential descriptive information about the telescope.
Determining how the clauses relate helps select the correct punctuation to join them.
3
Select the punctuation that correctly connects the dependent clause to the preceding independent clause.
A comma is the correct punctuation to introduce a nonessential relative clause starting with 'which'.
Connecting the dependent clause to the independent clause with a comma resolves the fragment error without creating a comma splice or semicolon error.

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Identifying and correcting sentence fragments by properly connecting dependent clauses to independent clauses.
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