9. choose the correct explanation for why hoping to beat his time from last year is a fragment in the following passage: theo trained four times a week all year in preparation for the marathon. hoping to beat his time from last year. a. it is missing a direct object. b.it begins with an –ing form of a verb. c.it does not have a subject. d.it is too short.

C. It does not have a subject.

Explanation:

A fragment is a group of words similar to a sentence in the sense that it starts with a capital letter and ends with an end mark but that in reality, it is not a sentence as it does not convey a complete idea. In this sense, a fragment is more like a phrase or a dependent clause, but standing alone.

Hoping to beat his time from last year. is a fragment because it does not express a complete thought. In order to correct it, we must add an independent or main clause that contains a subject, for example:

Hoping to beat his time from last year, Theo was determined to work even harder this time.

Theo: Subject.

East and Southwest should be capitilized.