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Which is an example of a sentence fragment?

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was published in 1776.
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, which was published in 1776.
Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776.
Common Sense, authored by Thomas Paine, was published in 1776.

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User Dan Harms
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The answer would be the second sentence because a sentence fragment is a group of words that look like sentences but aren't. To be a sentence, the group of words would have to have an independent clause. The first part of this sentence does not have an independent clause.
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