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Located high in the Canadian Rockies, the Burgess Shale contains some of the world's most well-preserved fossils. Because these organisms were buried rapidly in a mudslide, preventing decay. Consequently, they offer an unprecedented glimpse into the Cambrian explosion, a period when major animal groups first appeared in the fossil record.

Which of the following choices best replaces the underlined portion of the passage?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. B
    fossils; because these organisms were buried rapidly in a mudslide, preventing decay
  3. C
    fossils, these organisms were buried rapidly in a mudslide, preventing decay
  4. fossils. These organisms were buried rapidly in a mudslide, preventing decayCevap

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The correct choice is the option that ends the first sentence with a period and starts the next sentence with 'These organisms were buried...', creating two complete, independent sentences.
The correct option correctly resolves the sentence fragment by removing the subordinating conjunction 'because' and starting a new independent sentence. This creates two complete and grammatically correct sentences: one ending with 'fossils' and the next beginning with 'These organisms'.

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1
Identify the grammatical issue in the original sentence.
The clause starting with 'Because' is a dependent clause and cannot stand alone as a sentence, making it a sentence fragment.
A dependent clause requires a main independent clause to form a complete sentence.
2
Evaluate the choices to find a version that resolves the fragment and maintains proper grammar.
Removing the subordinating conjunction 'because' turns the second clause into an independent clause: 'These organisms were buried rapidly in a mudslide, preventing decay.' This independent clause can then be separated from the first independent clause using a period.
A period is the correct punctuation to separate two independent clauses.
3
Verify that other options do not introduce new grammatical errors.
Joining them with a semicolon and keeping 'because' creates a semicolon fragment. Joining them with a comma 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 ensuring all sentences contain at least one independent clause and are punctuated correctly.
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