The Following Sentences Form a Passage

question 13

Multiple Choice

The following sentences form a passage. For each sentence, select "correct" if the sentence is punctuated correctly, "fragment" if it is a fragment, "run-on" if it is a run-on, and "comma splice" if it is a comma splice. As a child, he played for hours with Legos and cardboard boxes, like many future engineers, he wanted to understand how things worked.

• A) correct
• B) fragment
• C) run-on
• D) comma splice

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Definitions:

Restrictive

A term describing clauses, rules, or adjectives that limit or define the entities they refer to more narrowly.

Nonrestrictive

A term or clause that provides additional information without limiting or defining the subject in question, and is often set off by commas.

Connective

In logic and linguistics, a term for words or phrases that link propositions and sentences together to form coherent text.

Predicate

The part of a sentence or clause that tells something about the subject, often relating to an action or attribute.