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Exercise: Identifying sentence fragments

Here is an example
Which sentence from the following texts is a sentence fragment?
     Select one
     The first sentence
     The second sentence
     The third sentence
The company has been unable to maintain its market share due to the cost of the product. Broadly, there are two strategies which would alleviate the problem. Reducing labour costs or increasing productivity.

This is a dependent clause; it cannot
stand alone as a complete sentence

 

Which sentence from the following texts is a sentence fragment?

Although specialisation benefits productivity, holistic assessment of its benefits shows that these are mixed. Specialisation may cause individuals to be more concerned with their own work unit. Rather than appreciating the needs of other teams.

 

 



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