Exercise
explain why each of the following groups of words is a fragment,
1. from 1970 to 1980, the number of retired people who moved from new
york to florida.
this is a fragment because
2. was more than double the number for the past decade,
this is a fragment because
3. these people who moved to new york, new jersey, and ohio.
this is a fragment because
4. tend to be poorer, older, and alone.
this is a fragment because

lihuliivi hili nilu lutaula previous 21 next end of semester test: english 12b submit test reader tools info- select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow a shropshire lad by ae housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty no use to talk to me when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue" and i am two-and-twenty. and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true the central theme of the poem is in the end, the poet the wise man's views. reset next