A student is writing a paper and wishes to prove that Ralph is the first to cast off the vestiges of humanity and symbolically embrace the island. Which of the
following quotes from ch, 1 best support this claim?*
"He became conscious of the weight of clothes, kicked his shoes off fiercely and
ripped off each stocking with its elastic garter in a single movement."
"Ralph stood, hand against a grey trunk, and screwed up his eyes against the
shimmering water."
The sand was thick over his black shoes and the heat hit him."
"He was old enough, twelve years and a few months, to have lost the prominent
tummy of childhood and not yet old enough for adolescence to have made him
awkward."

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Sentence fragments are phrases that cannot stand alone because they do not have both a subject  and a predicate (action), or they have both but have a subordinate conjunction beginning them, making it incomplete. Let's find your answers below.

1. For, example, Chinatown. This phrase has a subject here but no predicate.

2. Is a unique community of approximately 14,000 people. This fragment has a predicate but no subject.

3. Have Chinese restaurants, clothing stores, bakeries, banks, bookstores, gift shops, jewelers, markets, beauty salons, and more. There is a predicate but no subject.

4. Because they haven't needed it. Although this has a subject and a predicate, it is still a fragment because of the word because, which makes it a dependent clause.

5. Is possible to get almost any Chinese product or service in Chinatown. This has a predicate but no subject.

6. Without traveling to China. This is just complement but it is not a subject or predicate.

7. If you have a car. This is a dependent clause again because of the word if, even though it has a subject and predicate.

8. Which is neither fast or convenient. Another dependent clause

9. Only buses, and they can take a long time to go anywhere. This is another dependent clause.

10. Because traffic is heavy. Also a dependent clause.

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